Senate sizes up annual carbon footprint in bid for 2030 net-zero goal

Travel and commuting made up roughly 35 per cent of the Senate’s total emissions for 2022-23, while building-related emissions accounted for 56.4 per cent.
The climate emergency is a public health crisis

We need a strong health-centred approach in the federal government’s efforts to mitigate and adapt to global heating.
Waking up: Australia and the El Niño

Watch what happens in Australia this summer, and then what happens in the Northern Hemisphere next year.
Environmental racism bill would give federal government more oversight over oilsands tailings leaks, say supporters

Indigenous leaders and environmental advocates say the Alberta Energy Regulator is dodging responsibility for a major tailings pond leak at an Imperial Oil facility in northern Alberta.
Climate crisis inaction isn’t worth the cost

The impact of warming on today’s financial architecture could make the 2008 financial collapse look like child’s play.
Jane Goodall Act: are good intentions good enough?

In its effort to phase out bad zoos, the legislation threatens to sweep up some of Canada’s great accredited zoos in the process.
Setting net-zero goals is one thing, delivering on them is another

A Concordia University project will offer a blueprint for cities elsewhere in Canada and around the world to develop and test scalable decarbonization solutions that meet their own local targets.
Address the climate crisis through sustainable infrastructure and mitigation, adaptation finance

While there may be no singular solution for climate resilience, it is imperative for world leaders, climate advocates, and sustainability champions to call for a massive increase in funding for climate resilience and adaptation.
Canada’s freshwater: a call for proactive climate-ready infrastructure investment

When a watershed is healthy and maintained, it can minimize climate change risk, support local wildlife populations, clean drinking water, and increase disaster resiliency.
There is no net zero without nuclear energy

To achieve our goals and preserve our climate for future generations, we can’t afford to ignore any clean energy solution.