Climate finance should target resilient food systems
In the coming months, the government will release a new international climate finance package. We are asking for it to support small-scale food producers in the Global South in adapting to climate change, writes Carol Thiessen.
The future of emissions trading: can Canada come up with a business case for a ‘businessman-president’?
If Canada wants to matter more to our allies, helping create an Article 6-like system that allows for progress even if the U.S. leaves the Paris Agreement would help not only emissions reductions, but also our own interests as an energy-exporting powerhouse.
How did COP29 end up in Azerbaijan?
Ninety per cent of Azerbaijan’s income comes from oil, so the optics of locating the climate conference there were challenging.
Dangers to global security from climate change increase with Trump’s win
Regardless of their stance on setting targets and acting to curb greenhouse gas emissions, governments in Canada will have to grapple with climate change’s impact on citizens’ security and wellbeing.
Decarbonizing the transportation sector should leave no one behind
Prioritizing EV policies caters primarily to privileged individuals, and ignores many other social and economic issues.
AG says green tech fund documents ‘not my information to hand over’ as House remains at a standstill
Karen Hogan says her office did not refer the Sustainable Development and Technology Canada matter to the RCMP, which is investigating potential criminality.
Q&A | DeMarco dissects Net Zero Accelerator fund’s flaws
Canada’s environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.
Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs
The impasse in Parliament is now in its fourth week as Conservatives continue to demand the feds release unreacted SDTC documents to RCMP.
‘Each of our voices matter’: disaster survivors call for greater climate action in Ottawa advocacy push
If personal stories of loss ‘can’t resonate with political leaders, I really don’t know what is going to,’ said the Sierra Club’s Conor Curtis.
Climate change barrier between the public and government MPs
As professionals in climate and medical science, we cannot successfully advocate for climate change mitigation until that party caucus wall is opened, which won’t happen without either major changes in our political system, or public outcry.
