Paris climate agreement

• Faced with wildfires 49% Canadians say urgent need to tackle climate change: poll  

  Despite a record-breaking heat wave this summer, majority of people in Canada are not keen on spending more to help fight climate change, new Ipsos poll shows.

  Environment

  Jul 28
• Canada aiming to shift to all zero-emission electric vehicles by 2035: Federal government

  The federal government announced they are planning to drive all gas-powered vehicles off the road and have electric vehicles take over by 2035.

  Canada

  Jul 19
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• 90% chance world will set record for hottest year by end of 2025: report

  There’s a 40 per cent chance the world will get so hot in the next five years it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate accord is trying to prevent.

  Environment

  May 27
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• ‘So nice to see!’ — Greta Thunberg takes parting shot at Donald Trump

  Greta Thunberg mocked Donald Trump's final moments in office on Twitter, where the outgoing president can no longer respond.

  Trending

  Jan 20
• Recovery from coronavirus pandemic must include ‘ambitious’ climate change plan: Trudeau

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the comments during a virtual summit with world leaders on Saturday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2020
• World leaders mark 5 years of Paris climate agreement with virtual gathering

  The Paris agreement aims to cap global warming at well under 2C (3.6F), ideally no more than 1.5C (2.7F), by the end of the century.

  World

  Dec 12, 2020
• United Nations calls on humanity to end ‘war on nature,’ go carbon free

  Antonio Guterres, the head of the United Nations, challenged world leaders to make 2021 the year that humanity ends its "war on nature."

  Environment

  Dec 2, 2020
• Greenhouse gas emissions in EU reach lowest level since 1990: report

  Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the commission expects "an unprecedented fall in emissions" in 2020, along the lines of 8 per cent.

  Environment

  Nov 30, 2020
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• European Union facing climate change, possible Brexit divorce in 2020

  December served up a warning of the massive challenges ahead for the European Union.

  World

  Jan 1, 2020
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• ‘Quick wins’ needed to reduce emissions, keep climate goals within reach: UN report

  Countries have procrastinated for too long and need to begin making steep cuts to their greenhouse gas emissions immediately, or risk missing agreed targets for limiting global warming, top United Nations officials said Tuesday.

  World

  Nov 26, 2019