Our fossil-fuel industry is like the band playing as the Titanic sinks, writes Tom McElroy
Re: “Climate adaptation: act now or pay later,” (editorial, The Hill Times, July 10). What happened to polluter pays? The climate is changing disastrously. The scientific basis for this has been known for almost 200 years. It is largely to do with the release of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. The health, economic, environmental, and social impacts are only […]
Boing! Just like that! The Anthropocene officially started on July 11, we’re not in the Holocene anymore
We’re not in the Holocene any more. That golden age of warm, stable climate in which humans started farming, grew their population a thousandfold, and created high-energy, hi-tech civilizations is at an end.
‘We’re already living in the future when it comes to climate disasters’: more funding needed to ensure feds’ climate adaptation strategy targets are achieved, say insurers and NDP
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says ‘we know we will need to invest more’ to ensure targets are met. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says ‘we know we will need to invest more’ to ensure targets are met.
Climate adaptation: Act now or pay later
The country will need to invest far more if it hopes to achieve its adaptation and resiliency goals.
Climate solutions are cost- and quality-of-living fixes
The early-summer challenges thousands of families are facing have political potency and recast issues in a different light.
Disaster funding, adaptation and resilience plans emerge as Canada endures worst wildfire season on record
A survey from Abacus Data and Clean Energy Canada shows many Canadians have linked this year’s record wildfire season with climate change.
Dear Ottawa: pick a lane on climate and hit the accelerator
What the climate emergency demands is the same single-minded focus and dispatch that the federal government brought to its pandemic response.
How to respond when life resembles science fiction
Decision-makers must find ways to analyze and anticipate simultaneous crises. All require attention, and all require that attention at once.
Heat of the moment: Canada’s wildfires call for more sustainable forest management, not less
Canada is facing one of its most extreme wildfire seasons in history. Amidst the smoke, a ray of opportunity for climate adaptation and Indigenous leadership shines through.
This is our El Niño wakeup call and it is our last chance, people
The feedbacks are starting to kick in and soon the momentum will be irreversible. We should never have allowed ourselves to be this close to catastrophe.
