Climate Solutions Reporting

Summer Sharma and three other students started a coffee shop at Okanagan Mission Secondary School, B.C. They raised awareness about the difference collective action can make in achieving social and climate justice, and donated the profits to three charities chosen by their customers.

As Ontario grapples with the twin problems of a housing shortage and escalating climate change, a new report calls for a transformative building shift to mid-rise, transit-oriented development.

Philanthropy is critical for Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy, say donors leading a record pledge to find solutions to climate change.

Tzeporah Berman, a Vancouver-based activist and policy advocate, is at the forefront of climate action nationally and internationally and driving the surge of momentum for her latest brainchild the Fossil fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

This week, Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill said he and newly elected New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt are discussing a cap-and-trade model to replace the existing carbon tax in the provinces.

Ben Liegey founded BetterTable.ca to help the food service industry reduce waste and save money.

Hamilton is stepping up its climate efforts with new green building standards that will shape how future homes, businesses and public spaces are built. The rules approved by city council last month will take effect in 2025 and require new buildings to meet higher standards in energy efficiency, water conservation, stormwater management, waste management and eco-friendly design.

As senior organizer with the British Columbia Youth Climate Corps ‘Jobs for Everyone’ campaign, Abbey Piazza is advocating for climate-friendly jobs for every young person in B.C.

Streams that run through Prince Edward Island's potato country are contaminated with levels of an environmentally-destructive pesticide that exceed federal safety regulations, Canada's National Observer has found.

Ella Bradford uses student climate strikes to raise awareness in Yukon. This 18-year-old student is a recipient of the I-SEA 2024 youth climate activism award for her high school leadership of the “Fridays for Future Yukon” student movement.

Around the world, products inside the company’s packages are now cushioned by paper-based padding that can be collected in curbside recycling programs.

A report by Équiterre says Canada should create a mandatory durability index, which would assign grades to appliances, making it clear how easy they are to repair and what their expected lifespans are.

The prospective conservation area would stretch down the western edge of Hudson Bay on Manitoba’s Arctic coastline, producing an increase in resources, regulations and support to ensure a healthy coast in the sensitive low-arctic waters. Churchill, along with several First Nations, will decide the project's fate, government officials and environmental campaigners told Canada’s National Observer.

Clean50 event, in its 14th edition, brought together 150 delegates to brainstorm green transition solutions in areas ranging from clean finance to sustainable construction, renewable energy to climate action education

University of Toronto's school of the environment is banning all donations and sponsorships from fossil fuel companies as part of its commitment to divest from these industries by 2030.