climate change

One of 39 nations that pledged to end non-domestic support for fossil fuels at the COP26 climate change conference in 2021, Canada spent $6.75-billion less last year backing new sector projects, according to International Institute of Sustainable Development

Across the world, farmers are turning waste biomass into biochar, which can be used to improve their soils, boost the yields of their crops and create a new source of income — all while sequestering carbon.

A new study demonstrates that intensifiers such as "crisis" or "emergency" or novel new phrases such as "global boiling" aren't helpful in motivating people to get worried about the issue — in most cases, they already are.

Amnesty International has given the distinction — extended to people incarcerated for their politics, religion, ethnicity or other personal or protected status — to Chief Dsta'hyl, a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief arrested for his opposition to the Coastal Gaslink pipeline.

Moves toward phasing out fossil fuel use and gas-powered engines, for example, haven't worked by themselves, but they are more successful when combined with some kind of energy tax or additional cost system, study authors concluded in an exhaustive analysis of global emissions, climate policies and laws.

The results from a recent Leger poll suggest more than one in three Canadians have been touched directly by extreme weather such as forest fires, heat waves, floods or tornadoes.

Politicians are often fed misleading information by corporate interests that oppose strong climate action, which masks the often overwhelming support of voters for key climate policies.

The Alberta government hired a career oil and gas insider to help shape climate policy in its department of Environment and Protected Areas.

A lack of infrastructure, complications from the pandemic and extreme weather events are conspiring to put unhoused pets on U.S. Indigenous reserves in increasing danger.

The neglected environmental and health benefits of fighting Big Meat — for humans.

That's according to Environment and Climate Change Canada's rapid extreme weather event attribution system, which compares today's climate to a pre-industrial one.

Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts.

Recent research shows the fires can dramatically alter watershed dynamics and introduce harmful substances into drinking water.

An international public-private partnership is supercharging coffee breeding to save your morning brew.

By creating a robust Canada Water Agency, investing in fresh water and renewing the Canada Water Act, the federal government can demonstrate its commitment to addressing climate change and protecting Canadians.