developing countries

Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU environment commissioner and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault remain optimistic the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal will result in an ambitious plan to protect nature, but developing countries appear unwilling to move forward without financing commitments from wealthy countries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing funding for developing countries to improve their infrastructure and make COVID-19 vaccines, at a G20 summit where geopolitics looms over work to shore up global economic systems.

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 new climate finance initiative marks a departure from Canada’s reliance on large multinational banks to distribute funds and instead puts money directly in the hands of those most affected by climate change, experts say.

Nakate spoke of her disappointment in the outcome of the U.N. climate talks in Scotland and what she and other young activists plan for the year to come.

President Xi Jinping, speaking by video to a U.N. conference said China would put in 1.5 billion yuan and called on other countries to contribute to the Kunming Biodiversity Fund.

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

G7 countries reaffirm commitment to limit global heating to 1.5 C after nearly two days of wrangling last week.

In every country across the world, women are disproportionately affected by disasters — and not just by a little, write Victoria Ker, Erica Steele, Stephen Patenaude and Brayden Pelham.

Bill C-204 seeks to halt only the export of plastic waste labelled “for final disposal,” however environmental groups note Canadian plastic is often mislabelled as recyclable and gets shipped to countries that lack the proper infrastructure to effectively recycle mixed or contaminated plastic waste.

Six experts say the failure to reform climate finance risks is undermining trust in the Paris Agreement.

There will only be a “relatively modest impact” on global temperature rise if less developed countries don’t cut their emissions for now — compared to much greater consequences if developed countries delay their own decarbonization, scientists have found.

The federal government expects to make some changes this year to keep Canada's garbage from illegally ending up on foreign shores, after needing to bring dozens of shipping containers of rotting garbage back home from at least two Asian countries last year.

Closing the Investment Gap (CIG) is a global initiative Canada is supporting alongside Denmark, Jamaica and the UN that has brought governments of nine developing countries over the past two years together with private sector investors to fund development projects that satisfy climate goals.

Canada's minister of gender equality has announced a new initiative aimed at creating a sustainable model to fund women's rights organizations in developing countries and at home.