Steven Guilbeault

Canadians aren’t to blame for wildfires, so why is climate support being framed in terms of individual responsibility?

Canadian auto companies sold more electric vehicles this year than ever before, but would still need to nearly double that number within three years to meet a new national mandate.

At COP28, the fossil fuel industry promoted carbon capture and storage as a way to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In reality, the technology is growing at a snail’s pace compared to wind and solar energy.

In the face of accelerating natural disasters and the slow state of climate negotiations, new diplomatic efforts to rein in fossil fuels are being developed. Will it be enough to avoid catastrophe?

The ‘UAE Consensus’ on climate change is anything but universal agreement. In fact, it reveals the deep divisions set to define the next decade of climate action.

The federal government faced fierce external pressure to abandon or weaken its plan to cap oil and gas sector emissions from provincial governments and industry lobby groups in the lead-up to its announcement last week.

The federal government’s pledge to protect a third of Canada’s land and water by 2030 will be put into legislation next year, says federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault.

Contrary to what Premier Danielle Smith keeps saying, the federal government's new emissions cap on oil and gas won't force Alberta to reduce its oil and gas production. That's going to be the market's job — one it's already starting to do.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault now finds himself, alongside a select handful of other countries, in a pivotal role brokering the fierce debates around phasing out fossil fuels that have defined COP28.

The proposed plan to tackle oil and gas sector emissions is to cut pollution from the sector by more than a third by 2030.

“There's all sorts of reasons why it's challenging for governments to deliver on commitments, so that's the person who ultimately is cracking the whip, saying we've got to get this done faster," says former federal environment and climate change minister Catherine McKenna.

Activists are horrified by a climate conference in one of richest petrostates on the planet. Remind me why they went?

Canada set a high bar globally when the country announced new standards Monday to crack down on planet-warming methane emissions, say observers.

Why I’m here with colleagues and allies at COP28? Because civil society is capable of exerting power to balance corporate interests and protect the global co-operation process — as imperfect as it is.

In an interview with Canada’s National Observer, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault said details of the oil and gas emissions cap framework are being finalized but should be ready “in the coming days.”