Time to take climate change and decarbonizing our energy system seriously
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Inaction on climate is 'dangerous', warns U.N.'s Guterres
U.N. Secretary−General António Guterres warned on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it.
World risks ‘sleepwalking to disaster’
Bonn Climate Change Conference envoys walk out during Russian address.
Feds create first carbon offset market to help big industry cut emissions
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is creating Canada’s first carbon offset market to help big industry in its quest to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
Trust this expert when she says we can’t adapt our way out of climate crisis
Katharine Hayhoe says the world is heading for dangers people have not seen in 10,000 years of civilization.
Proposed U.S. rules could change carbon footprint reporting for Canadian oil companies
The officially disclosed carbon footprints of Canada’s largest oil companies could balloon in size if tough new climate rules proposed earlier this year by a U.S. regulator come into effect.
G-7 pledges boost climate aid and spell the end of coal for electricity
Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced on Friday, May 27, 2022, that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035, making it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date.
Rethinking the role of carbon-sucking seaweed as a climate solution
Researchers argue carbon offset hopefuls have jumped the gun in touting seaweed’s carbon-sucking potential.
Remember the Copenhagen Accord's 2020 targets? Here's how Canada and many of its peers did
The 2020 emissions data is finally out. Here's how Canada and many of its peers did on their Copenhagen Accord targets. (Spoiler alert: Europeans and Americans, yes. Canadians, not so much.)
German farmer backed by Greenpeace sues VW over climate change
A German court on Friday, May 20, 2022, is set to begin hearing a case brought against Volkswagen by a farmer who claims the automaker is partly responsible for the impact that global warming is having on his family business.
Former WTO head leads commission to explore rules on climate geoengineering
Countries must urgently agree to a way of controlling and regulating attempts to geoengineer the climate, the former head of the World Trade Organization says.
Canada's accelerating forest carbon crisis
Canada's forests are being logged faster than they are growing back, writes columnist Barry Saxifrage. That's pouring billions of tonnes of CO2 into our rapidly destabilizing climate.
Oil companies' record profits should be invested in climate action: Guilbeault
Canada's big oil companies are making record profits this year and should be using some of that extra cash to invest in things that curb their greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said on Thursday, May 5, 2022.
Ontario Liberals promise to cut emissions with tougher rules for industry, EV rebates
The Ontario Liberals promised Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions by strengthening standards for industry, banning new natural gas plants, providing electric vehicle rebates and offering grants for eco-friendly renovations.
Better wildfire management a good way for Canada to cut emissions
Research published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday found wildfires in North American boreal forests could represent about three per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions under the Paris Climate Agreement’s budget to limit warming below 1.5 C.