Canada’s largest pension manager ‘backsliding’ on climate, risks being unable to pay out pensions: report
Last year, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board invested $7.1-billion in new fossil fuel assets and ‘quietly removed’ its public net-zero commitment, which Senator Rosa Galvez says means ‘Canadian pensions are gambling with the retirement of millions of Canadians.’
Liberals ‘taking a sledgehammer’ to the public service, says interim NDP leader Davies
Approximately 8,500 public servants were notified this week that they may be impacted by potential job cuts, and more than 17,000 such notifications have gone out since December, public sector unions have confirmed.
Canada’s green jobs strategy needs more than good intentions
The federal government lacks a data-driven method for identifying how workers in legacy sectors can transition into clean-economy jobs and where the real gaps lie.
Planetary limits: why Canada’s next nation-building project must be grounded in reality
We have already crossed seven of the nine planetary boundaries scientists have identified that together maintain global stability.
Federal environmental impact assessments are in even more jeopardy
The federal environment assessment tool was always limited, with powerful enemies fighting back well before the Carney government wanted to curtail its usage.
Climate advisers ask feds to put Net-Zero Advisory Body on ‘pause,’ say they can’t fulfill mandate in ‘skeleton state’
Following the December resignation of two members, the remaining four say they need six new appointees, clarity around their budget, and a pause of activities after limited direction from the government ‘significantly reduced’ the scope of their work.
A Faustian climate bargain
Canada is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. However, given the trajectory we are on (planning a series of mega-projects that will have a significant impact on the environment), the government appears to be abdicating its responsibilities on this file.
It’s time to double down on ocean protection
Three years after the Kunming-Montreal Agreement, Canada needs a plan to protect its waters.
Geoengineering for grown-ups
We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.
As the Paris Agreement turns 10, Canadian policy must align to protect our health and future
Paris-aligned policy can position Canada’s economy as one of the future rather than a failing, uncompetitive relic of the past in a decarbonizing world.
