Steven Guilbeault

One-fifth of all passenger cars, SUVs and trucks sold in Canada in 2026 will need to run on electricity under new regulations Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is proposing.

As tension between China and many western countries mounts, the United Nations biodiversity conference has set a clear example of how co-operation can help find solutions to global crises.

Ottawa's ban on a handful of single-use plastic items is cause for celebration, but bigger changes are required from government and consumers to stem plastic waste, especially at Christmas, a pollution expert says.

An international deal to protect 30 per cent of nature by 2030 nearly unravelled in Montreal Monday, but ultimately COP15 landed a historic agreement.

Canada and nearly 200 other countries around the world now have eight years to set aside almost one-third of their land and marine territories for conservation under a landmark new biodiversity deal reached in Montreal on Monday, December 19, 2022.

For Canada, there's no path to us protecting at least 30 per cent of our lands and waters without the involvement of Indigenous peoples, Guilbeault said in an interview with Canada’s National Observer.

Indigenous rights and territories were recognized in the agreement, but because protection areas will be under the purview of the state, there are worries that land grabs may happen under the guise of conservation.

Negotiators reached a historic deal at a U.N. biodiversity conference early Monday that would represent the most significant effort to protect the world’s lands and oceans and provide critical financing to save biodiversity in the developing world.

As the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal nears its end, Canadian federal politicians are weighing in on the corporate, big-money influence that can shape negotiations.

Indigenous traditional territories as a clearly defined category within the 30x30 framework are threatened by western nations, sources tell Canada’s National Observer.

Negotiations on a global plan to protect nature are heating up as environment ministers from the High Ambition Coalition urge countries to rally around the 30x30 goal.

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.

China is tapping Canada to help overcome the toughest negotiation hurdles at the United Nations’ COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal in a diplomatic move that signals growing trust between the two countries.

Representatives from developing countries have walked out of a global conference on conserving the world's biodiversity over concerns that talks about how those efforts should be funded are lagging behind those on how much land and water should be set aside. 

Environment ministers from around the world are gathering in Montreal for the last few days of a conference aimed at preserving what's left of the planet's biodiversity.