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Artificial intelligence may be the technology of the future and those working on it say it could help humans solve new challenges. One researcher is warning it could further add to a problem already harming the planet. Global’s Nathaniel Dove has more.

A new report shows 39 per cent Canadians say extreme climate events like wildfires, floods, heatwaves and storms are going to decide where they choose to live in the next five years.

Speaking in Ottawa on Thursday, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault took aim at the Conversative party over what he characterized as their lack of a plan to combat climate change and it’s impacts in Canada. “You make pollution free again, and we’ll have more fires,” the minister told reporters. “There’s no...

A new study has revealed the extent to which human-caused climate change intensified the heat dome of 2021. Global News Morning speaks with Joanna Eyquem from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo about the trend of extreme weather events brought on by climate change.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call to suspend all gas and diesel tax from Victoria Day to Labour Day during a news conference in New Brunswick on Thursday. “His ideology is so strong he would rather watch the country burn and Canadians suffer than continue to...

As Earth Day approaches the conversation over climate change, its validity and how to battle it continues. Gwynne Dyer author of a new climate book, Intervention Earth, joins Jennifer Palma on Global News Morning Weekend BC to discuss geoengineering and how to get global cooperation.

Asked whether the federal government is “giving up” on Canada’s carbon capture and storage initiative Thursday, after a $2.4 billion project in Alberta was cancelled earlier this week, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said while carbon capture and storage “is happening in Canada,” it is not the “be-all end-all.” “We think it can play a role...

It’s a first of its kind in Canada and is designed to bring University of Alberta researchers from different disciplines together to seek solutions to health problems caused by climate change. U of A professor Sherilee Harper joined Global News Morning Edmonton with more about the new “Climate Change and Health Hub.”

Inside a laboratory in the University of Toronto, a small group of scientists is working to develop new, faster ways to convert captured carbon dioxide into useful products. Alyssa Julie has a closer loook at this self-driving lab and how its using AI to find solutions in the fight against climate change.

A team at the University of Alberta is layering data to display which communities are more or less vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change. Emily Mertz explains.

Timekeepers have discovered the world’s clocks may need to lose one second to stay on time with the Earth’s rotation, which has slightly slowed down. Eric Sorensen explains how this “negative leap second” is linked to climate change, and why losing one second of time matters much more than you might think.

The British Columbia government is committing $70 million to help the province’s wineries recover from years of climate-induced crop losses, a growing problem plaguing grape growers across Canada. Neetu Garcha looks at the recent struggles of B.C.’s winemakers, who say their losses are so severe that the survival of the industry is at stake.

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault stated on Thursday that climate change and its impacts are not slowing down, and that the premiers who want to get rid of the system are taking away the most effective measures to fight climate change. He said, “eight out of 10 Canadians who pay carbon...

Experts are calling for faster implementation of a universal water-metering program in B.C. in order to better manage the impacts of climate change. Kylie Stanton reports.

There are questions about whether the recent moisture parts of Alberta received in the last couple weeks will be enough to have a measurable impact on the drought situation. John Pomeroy, the Canada research chair in water resources and climate change and director of global water futures at the University of Saskatchewan, joined Global News...

The winter months and early spring tend to be when viruses run rampant, and illnesses are in abundance. The past year has been especially difficult, with drastic temperature fluctuations and the wildfires, that increase stress not only physically but mentally as well. Emergency physician Dr. Shazma Mithani joined us for our monthly Ask the Expert...

On Thursday May 16th, more than 1600 elementary school students from several Montreal schools will be marching in Westmount in the name of the environment and climate change. Students Èva Dufour and Maria Issid from The Study, student Yuvi Barnea from St. George’s, and French teacher at St. George’s, Laura Officer, join Global News Morning’s...

The Vancouver Park Board has approved a thirty-year plan to revitalize the West End waterfront and also protect it from the effects of climate change.

UBC forestry professor Suzanne Simard is on the 2024 TIME 100 list. She speaks with Global News about the recognition, and her ongoing efforts to preserve forests as a way to lessen the impact of climate change.

On Earth Day, the province announced it is restoring funding to three environmental non-profit organizations to help take action on climate change.