climate crisis

Now, with an election behind us and a federal government that has plenty of support on the climate file, it’s time for Canada to place a bet on the economy of the future — and get on with building it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Titled “An Urgent Call to the BC Government to Confront the Climate Emergency,” the letter’s signatories include the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Stand.earth, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and other faith, labour, youth, senior and community groups.

"Thirty years of blah, blah, blah," Greta Thunberg said in a speech Tuesday. "Net zero by 2025. By 2050! This is all we hear from our leaders. Words that sound great, but so far have led to no action. Our hopes and dreams drowned in their empty words and promises."

Eco-anxiety is on the rise and may be worse yet for teenagers and children. How will our mental health system, woefully underfunded as it is, be equipped to support those with worsening eco-anxiety in the coming years? asks Halena Seiferling.

Youth activists in major cities in Ghana, Kenya, Benin, Nigeria, Uganda, Togo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo staged protests, delivered petitions to leaders, and dropped banners protesting climate change.

Officials from companies with fleets of trucks are urging governors across the country to embrace a rule meant to speed the adoption of zero-emission trucks and reduce a potent source of greenhouse gases spewed from the large commercial vehicles.

Climate protesters blocked the entrance to Britain's busiest ferry port on Friday, September 24, 2021, to highlight the climate crisis and fuel poverty in the U.K.

At a ministerial meeting of the Security Council, the officials urged the UN’s most powerful body to do more to address the security implications of climate change and make global warming a key part of all UN peacekeeping operations.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must now work with other parties, writes political organizer Sonia Théroux. After all, in no other workplace would you expect to only work with people in your chosen circle.

Although deforestation may seem like a problem far away from cities, more than 50 mayors from around the world are assuring us it’s not.

Racism, the climate crisis and the world’s worsening divisions will take centre stage at the United Nations on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. chief issued a grim warning that “we are on the edge of an abyss.”

A new study of the American West shows that climate change is driving more days that are hot, dry, and windy — the perfect conditions for deadly wildfires.

Youth activists are hoping to turn up the heat on governments on Friday, September 24, 2021, with the first large-scale international protest against climate change in six months.

There's no one way to define sustainable investing, but more fund providers in the space are beginning to provide hard numbers to back up their claims.

A global survey finds most 16- to 25-year-olds worry a lot about the future, and many feel failed by their governments on climate action.