climate change

British Columbia is changing its decades-old royalty system, the fees it charges companies to extract publicly owned oil and gas, in an effort to align with provincial climate goals.

A German court on Friday, May 20, 2022, is set to begin hearing a case brought against Volkswagen by a farmer who claims the automaker is partly responsible for the impact that global warming is having on his family business.

Countries must urgently agree to a way of controlling and regulating attempts to geoengineer the climate, the former head of the World Trade Organization says.

Nearly half of all existing fossil fuel facilities will need to close prematurely to limit global heating to 1.5 C, scientists say.

Last year's floods threw ice chunks the size of small cars onto people's front lawns in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. Senior administrative officer Kevin Corrigan predicts that eventually, everyone will have to move off-island.

For the next three months, Canadians can weigh in on how the country should adapt to devastating impacts of climate change like extreme heat, flooding and wildfires.

Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, are set to begin a three-day tour of Canada this week that will focus on Indigenous reconciliation and climate change — and on connecting with a Canadian public that is increasingly skeptical of the monarchy.

Dozens of experts advising the government on adapting to climate change say Canada needs to do more to prepare infrastructure for the threats of extreme weather and get faster at helping Canadians recover from floods, fires and major storms.

The capital budget for Canada's national parks and historic sites is being slashed by more than two-thirds this year even as more than 30 per cent of the agency's assets remain in poor or very poor condition.

The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human−caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions of people across the world, the United Nations warned in a report Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

In an ongoing climate lawsuit, the Doug Ford government put forward testimony from an academic who doubts basic climate science and an economist who argues Ontario’s emissions “do not have a decisive impact” on whether Canada meets its climate goals.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made energy independence more important than ever during a climate conference in South Florida on Monday, May 9, 2022.

New research exposes a “deep entanglement” between the fossil fuel industry and those who govern Canada’s biggest pension funds, raising concerns of potential conflicts of interest.

A quarter of a billion years ago, rising temperatures emptied the oceans of life. The planet now faces a similar threat, but the outcome is in human hands.

Jane McDonald, executive vice-president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said the province needs to electrify its transportation grid and its buildings, increase its manpower on mining more energy-efficient materials, and develop low carbon fuels.