Farmers are the key to addressing the climate crisis
In nearly every region of the country, farmers are on the front lines of the climate crisis, and they can play a key role in mitigating its impacts.
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Extreme weather. A lack of lifesaving vaccines. Africa's cholera crisis is worse than ever
Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera.
As Zambia schools take on climate change, one teen is spreading the word in sign language
Every morning, Bridget Chanda places her prosthetic legs beside her bed, pulls on her stockings and pushes the remains of her limbs into the prosthetics as best she can. After six years they no longer fit, and it's painful to stand or walk for too long, but it doesn't faze her much.
Tips to help Canadians survive climate damage and disaster
After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters.
When fires draw near, insurance companies put homes on hold
When a nearby wildfire made it temporarily impossible to insure her new home in Kelowna, Stephanie Davis was stuck.
Show must go on? Severe weather threatens to crash the stage
Festival attendees are braving the elements as climate change accelerates, sometimes with grave consequences.
Climate change hurts farms and costs Canadian taxpayers
Saskatchewan had forecast a more than $1 billion surplus for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, but fresh budget documents released last month show that surplus has completely evaporated, leaving it with an approximate $482 million deficit for the year instead.
Big Oil faces a slew of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial
Industry representatives have characterized the lawsuits as a “waste of taxpayer resources” and contended that climate change should be addressed by Congress, not the courts.
Fruit and grain farmers are braced for a bad summer
For months, Will Robbins has been praying for snow. The organic grain and cattle farmer's Saskatchewan fields are "tapped out" of water after three back-to-back years of drought.
Utilities throw down on a bigger, cleaner, smarter grid
Electrical grid upgrades are crucial because households need affordable, reliable power and access to clean technologies like electric vehicles and heat pumps.
Extreme weather poses growing risk to Canada's electricity grid: experts
A series of electricity grid alerts in Alberta during the deep freeze last week made headlines across the country, but experts say power systems all across North America are increasingly at risk of being overloaded during severe weather.
Prices of cookies and candy soar as climate change bumps sugar costs
Rising global temperatures – 2023 is expected to be widely confirmed as the hottest year ever recorded – are fueling droughts and other extreme weather that affect food yields, including that of sugar.
Severe weather events likely to drive insurance premiums higher
The Insurance Bureau of Canada says severe weather caused more than $3.1 billion in insured damage in 2023, the fourth-worst year on record.
Canada’s climate debate is becoming a snoozefest
Canadians aren’t to blame for wildfires, so why is climate support being framed in terms of individual responsibility?
