COP26

The World Health Organization is calling on world leaders to phase out fossil fuels ahead of COP26 to help save millions of lives around the globe.

B.C. Premier John Horgan — a self-proclaimed "Trekkie" — is being rebuked by Canadian actor William Shatner for not doing more to protect old-growth forests.

Public pressure and lessons learned from Indigenous peoples and the pandemic are keys to tackling the climate emergency, says Severn Cullis-Suzuki, the David Suzuki Foundation’s new executive director.

More than 90 climate justice organizations have delivered a letter, including ads in major global newspapers, calling on former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England Mark Carney to push banks harder to abandon their fossil fuel investments.

Six of the top 10, including China and Russia, have yet to show ambition on emissions cuts before COP26.

Heat waves like those that scorched western North America this summer risk wiping out B.C.'s salmon fisheries in future decades, on top of expected declines due to long-term climate change, a new study has found.

In just a few weeks, Canada will join nearly 200 other countries at the United Nations climate conference to set goals and make promises that will be essential to reduce emissions worldwide.

The folks behind the push to make ecocide a crime say a global law would create real consequences for those who cause severe environmental harm, and this young Canadian is making their case ahead of the COP26 global climate conference next month.

Last week, the Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition event saw hundreds of participants from across the globe convene in Milan for three days.

Two young people who represented Canada at the recent pre-COP youth climate conference in Milan, Italy, found chaos and platitudes at an event billed as beyond all that.

A coalition of more than 20 environmental and climate groups want a ban on fossil fuels similar to bans on tobacco advertising.

Climate crisis brings stark intergenerational injustice, but rapid emission cuts can limit the damage.

Scaling up international climate financing is critical to the success of COP26 and Canada is playing a key role.

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.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is selling off its oil assets as part of a four-pronged strategy to protect its members’ pensions as the world hurtles into an era of climate breakdown.