‘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.
Canada needs more than ambition to protect nature: we need accountability
If Canada is serious about its commitment to biodiversity, it’s time to create transparent national legislation that binds biodiversity targets to a clear timeline and ensures legal accountability from governments.
Canada must not waste the opportunities at COP 15 in Montreal
The upcoming COP 15 Conference in Montreal cannot be a missed opportunity for the Canadian government to keep its promise and establish the Canada Water Agency.
Opportunity to advance Arctic infrastructure strategy in response to increased defence threats, say NDP MP, CSG senator
Arctic360 argues that Canada needs an Arctic infrastructure strategy to address issues facing northern communities related to telecommunications, energy, roads, ports and airports.
Why protecting grasslands is a win-win-win for climate, biodiversity and the ranching community
To halt and reverse biodiversity loss, we need strong commitment from our policy-makers today that will save our iconic grasslands and the birds and other biodiversity that need them for their survival.
Powerful but precarious: cracks in the foundation of fire and emergency services in Canada
The climate crisis, health-care crisis, and personnel shortages in Canada’s fire departments are converging, causing increasing strain on Canada’s fire-fighting capacity.
Strengthen Bill S-5 to make Canada’s environmental protection law more just
A modernized Canadian Environmental Protection Act with a stronger legislative framework for assessing and controlling toxic substances—including greenhouse gasses—and protecting the right to a healthy environment is an urgent priority.
Plutonium is plutonium, period, and separating it increases nuclear proliferation risks
Canada’s support for the nuclear industry’s plan to extract plutonium from spent nuclear fuel and export the technology will create a new global security risk and raise legitimate questions about our government’s desire to be a leader in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, write M.V. Ramana and Susan O’Donnell.
It’s time to re-establish Canada’s leadership in ecosystem restoration
The looming threats of accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss demand we do more restoration, faster, at a much larger scale.
Our messages were loud and clear at COP27: KAIROS
Re: “Little to celebrate so far from Canada’s COP27 attendance,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 16, editorial). Global summits are what participants make them, and who participates in them, too. I have just returned from COP27, where I accompanied a 10-member delegation sponsored by KAIROS Canada and For the Love of Creation. They included Indigenous partners and youth from Turtle […]
