climate change

The 15 young Canadians seeking to hold the federal government to account for climate action failings will not get the chance to do so in a courtroom, a federal justice said on Tuesday.

The solution to biodiversity collapse is protecting habitat: specifically, 50.4 per cent of the earth’s land, according to the team of scientists led by Eric Dinerstein, wildlife scientist and director of the research organization RESOLVE.

Alberta Labour president, climate finance researcher say the Democratic presidential nominee gets what the climate crisis will mean for American and Canadian workers

Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say

A U.S. environmental group is making a direct appeal to Canadians for help in persuading the Canada Pension Plan to end its investment in a Colorado-based oil and gas company.

Record temperatures are teaming up with record droughts to turn the Golden State into a tinderbox. Megafires have followed with increasing frequency and size.

At 26, Leah Davidson has co-founded a new course of study at the University of Pennsylvania called environmental humanism, co-authored an anthology used by the International Polar Foundation and co-designed a program that helps divert food waste away from landfills.

Protection for big trees must be improved, writes Jens Wieting — we need a change in forest management overall, not just for old-growth trees.

The Green Budget Coalition published a roadmap Wednesday for a federal green recovery that it says can capitalize on this “defining moment in history.”

Investors should be making data-informed decisions, and consistent and reliable climate-related data is imperative to do so. However, Julie Segal writes, based on traditional risk and reward principles, pricing in physical risks imposes a surcharge for those most liable to climate damage.

Also dramas about schizophrenia, turning off technology and time travelling to save the world.

Lawyers for 15 young Canadians suing the federal government over its role in exacerbating the harms of climate change will this week fight Ottawa’s effort to have the case thrown out.

Heat and wildfire smoke force residents to seek respite – and buy cooling systems and air purifiers, if they can afford them

The co-ordinated global actions inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg were much smaller than last September's massive demonstrations due to constraints imposed by the pandemic, but participants say the need for them is more urgent than ever.