climate change

Global atmospheric levels of the potent but short-lived greenhouse gas methane increased a record amount last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday, February 7, 2022, worrying scientists because of the large role methane has in climate change.

The image-focused social network says it will take down content that distorts or denies facts about the climate crisis.

Here’s something you can do right now to lower your electricity bill, reduce energy consumption and fight climate change: turn off some lights.

Linda Solomon Wood, editor-in-chief of Canada's National Observer, spoke with Cat Abreu, founder of Destination Zero, about Canada's newly released Emissions Reduction Plan.

Suncor Energy Inc. is getting out of the wind and solar business, even as a new UN report on climate change says wind and solar technologies are the two best avenues to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and limit the planet's warming to a critical 1.5C.

Municipalities across Canada face housing development constraints in their communities that could be eased through more co-operation between all levels of government, says a report by a local governance think tank.

Experience from Australia shows the CCUS technology was not designed to contribute meaningfully to emissions reductions. 

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new report from the United Nations' climate agency shows the oil and gas sector "cannot do business as usual" even as the government is still considering approving a massive new offshore oil production project.

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the world’s greenhouse gas emissions need to start falling before 2025, which requires a swift move away from fossil fuels and increased investments in renewables, a new report from the IPCC says.

The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems and lead to millions of preventable deaths each year.

As wildfires worsen and sea levels rise, a small but growing number of Americans are choosing to move to places such as New England or the Appalachian Mountains that are seen as safe havens from climate change. Researchers say this phenomenon will intensify in the coming decades.

Negotiations between scientists and governments over a key United Nations climate report were going down to the wire on Sunday, April 3, 2022, as officials from major emerging economies insisted that it should recognize their right to development.

A flurry of summits this week across Dubai addressed the threat of climate change, or at least acknowledged that a pivot away from fossil fuels toward cleaner sources of power is needed to keep temperatures from rising.

The head of the United Nations announced the appointment on Thursday, March 31, 2022, of an expert panel led by Canada's former environment minister to scrutinize whether companies' efforts to curb climate change are credible or mere “ greenwashing.”

Russian scientists are being barred from international collaborations, including at-sea surveys and scientific conferences.