Ignoring Canada’s peatlands is a catastrophe in the making
Canada has one-quarter of the world’s peatlands within its borders, storing more carbon than the Amazon Rainforest.
Guilbeault, Suzuki see Indigenous leadership role in biodiversity protection at COP15
Environmentalist David Suzuki is proposing a ‘global guardians program’ supporting Indigenous people to combine traditional elder knowledge with youth conservation training.
Indigenous leadership is climate leadership
At COP15 and beyond, we must take the lessons we’ve learned from our history to push for the most ambitious global biodiversity agreement that will centre the critical role of Indigenous Peoples.
Environment Policy Briefing
The climate crisis is fundamentally unjust, writes Ottawa reader
The climate crisis is fundamentally unjust. Those who bear the least responsibility are bearing the brunt of climate chaos. To right this wrong, climate action must be rooted in justice. That means holding the fossil fuel companies accountable and making polluters pay their fair share to fix the problem they created. The Trudeau government can […]
Canada is stepping up to help win a global agreement to halt biodiversity loss, but it must also act to stop destruction of nature at home
At COP15, Canada can help build momentum for a new global agreement on biodiversity.
Canada can save our wildlife species without sacrificing the economy
Restoration of habitats can offer a new opportunity for Canadian jobs in the renewable resources sector.
Canada needs to plan for a steep decline in oil demand, or risk getting left behind
Governments and oil firms need to start planning today for a future in which oil is not an economic driver of Canadian prosperity.
A golden opportunity for Canada in hydrogen
Hydrogen can contribute to Canada’s 2050 decarbonization targets, as part of a portfolio of low-carbon energy technologies
‘Montreal will be for nature what Paris was for climate’: Canada can play key role at COP15 in saving over a million species from extinction, says nature activist
Green Party leader Elizabeth May is concerned about how Canada-China tensions will affect the conservation conference, given Canada is the host and China is the president.
