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World leaders are gathering in Azerbaijan for the United Nations’ annual climate summit, which is being overshadowed by the expectation U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will withdraw from the Paris Accord. Jackson Proskow looks at how U.S. climate envoy John Podesta is responding; the pressure on countries including Canada; and what’s at stake during COP29.

A rally to save the Ontario Science Centre was held on Saturday at Riverdale Park. A number of politicians joined several dozen people to try to stop Ontario Premier Doug Ford from moving the beloved institution down to Ontario Place at the West Toronto waterfront. And, after recent indications that rises in Canada’s interest rates...

In a troubling indicator of global warming, the global average temperature was recently more than two degrees Celcius higher than pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Jackson Proskow explains how it’s a breach of a limit agreed upon in the 2015 Paris Agreement, and...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized the Trudeau government during question period over its track record on fighting climate change, pointing to a report by the environment commissioner that says the government will not reach its 2030 Paris accord targets. “He doesn’t have a climate plan, he has a tax plan,” Poilievre quipped.

Laurent Fabius, President of the COP21 Paris Climate Conference, says he wished world powers had fought global warming as resolutely as they have confronted the COVID-19 pandemic. “Unfortunately, we are not doing as much to fight climate change as we are to tackle the fallout from COVID,” said Fabius, who brought down the gavel to...

Parliament is suddenly adjourned due to the death of respected politician and former cabinet minister Jim Carr. How political friends and foes are honouring the Winnipeg MP and his dedication as a public servant, and the legislation he passed while ill. Pressure is building on Winnipeg police to search a nearby landfill for the remains...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denies he asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to consider keeping all mentions of the Paris climate change accord out of the upcoming G-20 leaders meeting to placate U-S President Donald Trump.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna confirmed Canada is moving ahead with climate change commitments laid out under the Paris accord despite the U.S. pulling out of the global agreement.

India, the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is set to formally join the Paris agreement on climate change. Reuters’ Paul Chapman reports.

The outgoing US climate envoy says China and other countries will stay committed to the Paris Agreement on climate change, regardless of what the next US administration decides. Jonathan Pershing told reporters at the UN climate talks in Morocco on Monday that he doesn’t know what President-elect Donald Trump’s “outlook” on climate policy will be.

Sun, May 14: B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver tells Vassy Kapelos he will continue to talk to Premier Clark and NDP Leader John Horgan to see how much of the Green party platform they will commit to given the Green party now holds the balance of power.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna told reporters Thursday that Canada was “disappointed” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change accords.

The Paris city administration was lit up in green Thursday night in protest at U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to drop out of the Paris climate accord.

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto expressed outrage on Thursday, after President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accord and used Pittsburgh as an example.

Pope Francis backs science and implicitly criticized the United States for pulling out of the Paris climate accord.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday the United States could remain in the Paris climate accord “under the right conditions.

Former California’s governor-turned climate action campaigner Arnold Schwarzenegger met with Paris’ mayor on the eve of a climate summit in the French capital, where he claimed scientists and academics in the U.S. are still committed to the Paris Climate Accord, even if President Donald Trump isn’t.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Wednesday she takes “full responsibility” for a tweet Tuesday which praised Syria for joining the Paris Climate Accord.

Liberal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna took full responsibility on Wednesday for a tweet issued on her ministerial account which praised Syria for joining the Paris Climate Accord.

Representatives from more than 200 countries converged on Poland for the most critical talks on climate change since the 2015 Paris agreement. The COP24 summit is a way to ratify the Paris accord, but as Ines de La Cuetara reports, the world is at a crossroads.