climate change

Graduates of the class of 2020 should take inspiration from the generation of Canadians who came of age ahead of the Second World War, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 as he delivered a commencement speech broadcast to students across the country.

Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to tap an energy source key to the fight against climate change: They’ve each produced very impressive magnets.

As a teenager, the Green party's newest member of Parliament declared her desire to become prime minister, but Jenica Atwin says she's not gunning for the leadership of her party — at least not yet.

Human cost of climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed, research reveals

A new study finds that slow-moving, low-pressure storms could become 14 times more frequent in Europe over the next century.

Group of former fire and emergency services leaders tell bushfire royal commission rapid detection technologies are vital

California firefighters battled fast-growing forest fires threatening giant sequoias and small communities in the Sierra Nevada on Monday, September 27, 2021, and worked to fully surround a suspected arson wildfire that destroyed homes last week.

The British government said on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, it will bring in tough new laws against disruptive protesters, after environmental campaigners blocked roads, highways and bridges to highlight climate change.

“We don't need more research or more new technologies. We need to rapidly deploy what we already know," said former Ontario Environment Minister Glen Murray.

“The community hasn’t done as good of a job projecting how bad climate impacts would be at 1.2 C,” one scientist said.

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Most Canadians aren't optimistic about humanity's chances of fighting climate change, a new survey suggests.

“It’s about the conservation of threatened species and recovery of threatened ecosystems,” said Gregg Howald, CEO of  FreshWater Life, an NGO that works on freshwater preservation. “Islands support a disproportionate amount of our global biodiversity. About 20 per cent [of global biodiversity] are found on these islands, and they represent just about five per cent of the Earth’s surface.”