Chair of France’s climate council says Canada needs 2025 target, stronger net-zero advisory body
New peer-reviewed study finds global pollution cuts need to increase tenfold to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Parents want Canada’s climate act to count
With enough public pressure, Bill C-12 could be amended and Canada would join the ranks of other countries that have implemented effective climate accountability laws, writes parent and For Our Kids organizer Brianne Whyte.
Should we tax international flights to raise climate funds for poor countries?
Six experts say the failure to reform climate finance risks is undermining trust in the Paris Agreement.
U.S. officially rejoins Paris Agreement, warns this year's talks are 'last, best hope'
John Kerry made the remark as the U.S. officially returned to the climate agreement on Friday, 107 days after it left under former president Donald Trump.
A public database of global fossil fuel reserves is coming soon
The “Global Registry of Fossil Fuels” would fill a major gap in public knowledge, where only expensive or proprietary databases on fossil fuel reserves have existed before, or ones that are not detailed enough or are designed for industry use.
Will 2021 mark a climate turning point — or will the slide continue?
As destructive as it has been, COVID-19 is but a prelude to a climate apocalypse, writes Bruce Campbell.
How carbon-eating machines could help tackle the climate emergency
Facilities that suck carbon dioxide out of the air could be powerful weapons for fighting climate change. But their deployment requires a huge, wartime-style investment.
Biden will find in Canada a determined, resilient ally in the climate crisis fight
U.S. President Joe Biden is looking for strong allies in his fight against the climate crisis. Canada is ready to do its part, writes Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson.
Humanity inseparable from nature, Indigenous leaders remind Canada-Mexico climate forum
The head of the UN Environment Programme called on Paris Agreement signatories to live up to their promise to help poorer nations better adapt to the climate crisis.
Investors unlikely to be swayed by TC Energy decarbonization efforts with Keystone
Sustainable investing experts say TC Energy Corp.'s plan to decarbonize the Keystone XL pipeline is unlikely to save its fortunes, as a growing movement to divest from fossil fuels gains political clout.
Biden's first-day orders will rescind Keystone XL permit, transition documents suggest
One of Joe Biden's first actions once he becomes U.S. president on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, will be to slam the door yet again on Canada's politically fraught Keystone XL pipeline expansion, transition documents suggest.
The good, the bad and the ugly in Canada’s 2030 climate plan
For the first time, Canada has proposed a way to meet its climate targets, but it will take a lot more tough legislation to rein in emissions from our highest polluters, writes Barry Saxifrage.
2030 is too late. We need stronger climate targets now
"This is a moment for the NDP and Bloc Québécois to use the powers and influence this minority Parliament affords them to demand improvements" to Canada's climate accountability legislation, writes Seth Klein.
Momentum builds for global climate action
As much as COVID-19 is a large-scale human tragedy, no doubt science tells us this is just a warning compared to the existential risks global warming poses to our civilization in the years and decades to come, writes Christian Burgsmüller, the European Union's chargé d’affaires to Canada.
