Paris Agreement

• Canada, major fossil-fuel producers widen gap between output and climate targets: report

  A new report, produced by three climate change non-profit research groups, says Canada is among the countries derailing the world's plans to combat climate change.

  Economy

  Sep 22
  
• Ottawa reveals conditions for allowing future fossil fuel subsidies

  Ottawa is restricting the conditions under which it will allow subsidies to the fossil fuel industry.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2023
  
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• Western University receives $4.75M from Ottawa’s carbon pricing system

  Federal funding will help replace one of five natural gas-powered boilers at Western University with an electric steam one, which will greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

  Environment

  Jul 13, 2023
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• Rising danger, crippling costs: Climate change report a grim warning for Canada

  By 2080, the report predicts cumulative forestry losses from fire, pests and other climate-change factors could add up to $459 billion.

  Environment

  Feb 28, 2022
• City of London unveils first draft of Climate Emergency Action Plan

  In 2019, the City of London declared a climate emergency and first announced its goal to develop a plan to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.

  Politics

  Feb 2, 2022
• How these two key takeaways from COP26 could affect B.C.

  Interviews with delegates from the University of British Columbia revealed a widespread sense of urgency and a resurgence of hope after the world came together to battle COVID-19.

  Environment

  Nov 5, 2021
• COP26: McKenna says she has doubts world will hit Paris climate targets

  COP26 meetings take place starting this weekend in Scotland in what has been dubbed "the world’s last best chance" to stop global warming from hitting dangerous levels.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2021
• What a renewed Trudeau minority government means for climate policy in Canada

  A re-elected Liberal government means many of Canada's climate policies will likely remain unchanged, including on emission targets, plastics and oceans.

  Politics

  Sep 20, 2021
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• ‘Climate migrants’: Report warns 200 million could be pushed out of homes by 2050

  The report also warns that planning is needed both in the areas where people will move to, and in the areas they leave to help those who remain.

  Environment

  Sep 13, 2021
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• Next 10 years must be the ‘decade of action’ on climate change, John Kerry says

  Nearly 200 countries committed under the Paris Agreement to halt the increase in global temperatures to levels that would avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

  Environment

  Mar 9, 2021