Climate Solutions
Young people are already on the front lines of the climate crisis. Canada can help them fight it.
There aren't many people in Canada who don’t know the name David Suzuki. The outspoken environmentalist and passionate educator is best known for hosting CBC's The Nature of Things. Now, at the age of 87, he's angry and calling on people to be better.
David Suzuki is angry and not afraid to tell us why.
There aren't many people in Canada who don’t know the name David Suzuki. The outspoken environmentalist and passionate educator is best known for hosting CBC's The Nature of Things. Now, at the age of 87, he's angry and calling on people to be better.
Huge investors are driving small farmers off the land
All eyes are on rising food prices and the Ontario government’s proposed Greenbelt development, and rightfully so. Food price increases and development of farmland are both very visible crises. However, the loss of farmers in Canada is an invisible crisis that will only exacerbate these problems.
Weighing the harm of gasoline against lithium
More than a billion tonnes of climate pollution pours out American tailpipes every year. For scale, that's more than the combined emissions from the 100 least-polluting nations.
Gasoline versus electric cars? Here’s how their life cycle emissions compare in Canada
The overwhelming climate damage from Canadian cars comes from burning the gasoline to move them around. Over the full life cycle of Canadian gasoline cars and electric cars, the 70 tonnes of CO2 from burning gasoline absolutely crushes everything else.
What the heck is carbon capture? The pollution-cutting technology that’s got Canada investing billions
More than a billion tonnes of climate pollution pours out American tailpipes every year. For scale, that's more than the combined emissions from the 100 least-polluting nations.
At COP15, Indigenous territories can save life on Earth — if there is political will
Negotiators from around the world have spent their days and nights holed up in the confines of Montreal’s Palais de congrès mulling over legal text with a fine tooth comb that could make or break the future of our planet.
Will Indigenous territories be recognized as a form of conservation at COP15?
Indigenous traditional territories as a clearly defined category within the 30x30 framework are threatened by western nations, sources tell Canada’s National Observer.
China calls on Canada for help in race to reach global biodiversity deal
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.
Parents want urgent action to protect nature at COP15
Parents like me from across the country are calling on our elected representatives to be bold, practical and visionary at COP15.
Canada signs onto global forest restoration challenge at COP15
Canada promises to restore 19 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2030 as international negotiations to save the world’s rapidly dwindling biodiversity carry on in Montreal.