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Hundreds of Indigenous leaders are to gather in Halifax this week for the Assembly of First Nations annual meeting as the advocacy organization tries to forge a path forward after the tumultuous leadership and ousting of its national chief.

The loss of forests across Africa has long been documented. But recent studies show that small farmers from Senegal to Ethiopia to Malawi are allowing trees to regenerate on their lands, resulting in improved crop yields, productive fruit harvests and a boost for carbon storage.

These species, protected by federal laws, should serve as ammunition for Ottawa to compel Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government to slow down or even abandon its proposal to construct thousands of homes on the Greenbelt's withdrawn areas, advocates say.

Ottawa and Alberta are forming a working group to find common ground on three areas of climate policy. One side seems dug in.

As the world uses more and more wood over the next few decades, the planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions associated with logging will rise, new research predicts. 

All three territories signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's health funding offer on Thursday, July 6, 2023, leaving Quebec as the only holdout on the new accords.

RoseAnne Archibald has called for an independent investigation into potential government interference into the Assembly of First Nations a week after she was ousted as national chief.

A cold front passing through Ontario and Quebec is expected to offer relief today after a multi-day heat wave.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith today in Calgary, among other stops in the city as Stampede season gets underway.

Earth's average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, July 6, 2023, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.

As summer heat waves intensify and advocates sound the alarm on the lack of protections for the most vulnerable populations, one extreme weather expert is calling for access to cooling to be treated as a human right.

A UN treaty to reduce plastic pollution could be a game changer for the environment. Activists who collect plastic for a living want to make sure it takes their jobs into account.

Regenerative farming methods in use on the small, B.C. island farm for decades to build soil, capture nutrients, and promote biodiversity are reaping rewards as the climate crisis advances.

In a poor neighborhood in the city of Cali, an enclave for survivors of Colombia’s 52-year armed conflict, the home of Nidia Landazury Sanclemente has become a refuge.

Amid a season of heat waves and wildfire smoke, a new curriculum is urging Manitoba teachers to normalize climate change conversations in classrooms and it provides tips on how to do just that in 2023-24.