climate change

Hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists including at least a dozen from Canada are in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for this year’s United Nations’ climate conference, a data analysis from Corporate Accountability, Corporate Europe Observatory and Global Witness reveals. 

Canada is announcing millions of dollars in new climate finance for developing countries. But advocates warn symbolic donations are no replacement for the new financial tools delegates are negotiating at COP27.

Lobbyists for Canada's meat and dairy industries are showing up with unprecedented visibility at the COP27 climate conference now underway in Egypt. The industries have at least one representative on the official Canadian delegation, a position that gives easy access to negotiators and closed-door meetings.

Protesters attempting to raise awareness over climate change have taken up some wild antics the last few weeks, throwing soup across a Van Gogh painting at the National Gallery in London, throwing mashed potatoes at a Monet in Germany, and chucking cake at the Mona Lisa.

The effects of climate change bit a $20-billion sized hole out of Canada's economy last year, parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux said Tuesday.

António Guterres is at COP27 in Egypt for what is likely to be another blistering attack on complacency and foot-dragging by world leaders.

A new item is on the menu for the thousands of people gathering this month at COP27, the United Nations' annual climate conference: food. 

To ensure our carbon tax does not damage the Canadian economy or the climate through leakage, we need to implement carbon border adjustments, or CBAs.

The birds featured in March of the Penguins film face almost complete annihilation by the end of the century as Antarctic sea ice is lost.

Policy wonks inadvertently got us into this growing standoff over federal carbon pricing, but they might just be the ones who can get us out, too, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The struggle to keep farmland off limits for developers is a nationwide problem. Unlike the U.S. and many other countries, Canada doesn't have a national plan to protect farmland.

The federal environment minister is calling out Canada's oil companies for failing to put cash behind their promises to tackle climate change.

Bountiful for centuries, the crystal-clear waters issuing from the Alps could become increasingly contested as climate change and glacier melt affect the lives of tens of millions in the coming years.

Young climate activists stressed the need for Mississauga to improve its inadequate and voluntary green measures during this month's election campaign, while councillors told them it's up to developers or the province to fix.

Persistent overdependence on fossil fuels — globally and at home — is jeopardizing the health of Canadians and people in all corners of the world, researchers warn.