Ottawa’s climate adaptation plans ‘incomplete,’ and ‘neither systematic nor comprehensive,’ says Environment Commissioner DeMarco
Canada released its National Adaptation Strategy two years ago—in that time, only one of the strategy’s three ‘key’ components has been established, but with ‘gaps,’ the report finds.
Wildfires burning, and Canada still needs a national response agency
The argument still stands today: there are jurisdictional issues over emergency responses in Canada, but there needs to be better coordination between the federal, provincial and municipal governments and a better emergency preparedness plan. The federal government needs to establish one central emergency management agency for the entire country. As well, there should be one central agency for all volunteer organizations, as Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux suggested in last week in the House.
Carney can make a huge difference on climate change, and he should make it a priority
Waking up and transforming our economy must mean powering down, not biz lust to be an energy superpower, sufficiency not abundance, a managed decline, not an energy transition, and societal and economic evolution, not more extra-activist mega-projects.
‘The government has idly sat by’: NDP MPs say Indigenous communities need federal support as wildfires devastate Western Canada
New Democrats say Ottawa’s wildfire response fails to ‘uphold the dignity and well-being of First Nations,’ which they say are under federal jurisdiction.
Climate policy is economic policy
An energy vision for Canada that includes achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is needed to shape our actions, policies, and investments.
Is Carney’s mandate for technocracy or transformation?
Here lies the Carney paradox: his critique of market fundamentalism has always been more radical than his remedies.
Climate calling: geoengineering or bust
The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into space.
What can we expect from Canada’s new environment minister?
Action on toxic chemicals, industrial pollluter-pay rules and global plastics treaty negotiations should be on the new environment minister’s to-do list.
Fighting U.S. threats by fighting climate change
The current industrial carbon price is the most important policy driving emissions reductions in Canada today.
As the climate changes, so does my world
Inuit are very seasonal people, and with climate change and the Arctic warming at an alarming rate, we are facing many environmental challenges.
