climate change

The question is simple: is it socially responsible, in 2019, knowing what we know about the role of fossil fuels in the creation and acceleration of the climate crisis, to invest in the fossil fuel industry? Amazingly, McGill University has answered yes.

Canada's new minority Parliament got down to work on Friday, December 6, 2019, with Andrew Scheer staking out the Conservatives' ground as the only party that will unabashedly support the energy sector and never relent on its opposition to carbon taxes.

The 16-year-old climate activist arrived in Madrid by train after sailing by catamaran across the Atlantic — all part of an effort to use carbon-free transportation.

Scientists attending a national gathering of Arctic researchers are outlining a widening range of climate change risks for so-called "sentinel" species, such as ringed seals and beluga whales, which have sustained Inuit for millennia.

The IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere says human-caused climate change will cause up to 80 per cent loss of glaciers, disruptions of recreational and cultural activities in mountain regions and heightened risk of landslides and other hazards, water shortages and “unprecedented” sea-level rise. 

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on the federal government to make up a national suicide-prevention strategy for young people, with a suicide crisis gripping a First Nation in northern Saskatchewan.

Three of Canada's premiers will announce on Sunday, December 1, 2019, a plan to fight climate change by working together on small nuclear reactors, a company that's developing the technology said on Saturday, November 30, 2019.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney, who previously served as Canada's top central banker, will be taking on a new role as the United Nations' special envoy on climate action and climate finance.

Governments may have to rethink how they conserve ocean ecosystems as climate change forces marine animals from their usual homes, says newly published research.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz wasn't asked about climate change risks at a discussion about economic change and emerging risks on Thursday, November 21, 2019, so he brought them up himself.

The central bank's research agenda on climate change was announced this week by its senior deputy governor.

Canada will be up a creek without a paddle if it doesn't acknowledge threats to its fresh water, says a report from some of the country's top water scientists.

A new report singles out Canada's oil and gas subsidies as threatening Paris commitments.

Several environment leaders say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to put action on climate change into the mandate letter of every minister he names to his inner circle.