Climate Change

New UBC-Kelowna tool helps cities plant trees where they’re needed most

CanopyFit maps physical barriers alongside heat and equity data to maximize shade and cooling.

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Canada’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy: What it is, what is happening and what’s coming next

Canada’s sustainable finance taxonomy faces big challenges, from oil and gas, Indigenous rights and the real meaning of the word ‘transition.’

Q&A: Climate action, community resilience begins with who owns our economy, Jon Shell says

Canada can’t tackle climate resilience until it confronts who owns its economy, and how inequality is rising.

Indigenous people bear brunt of climate change disasters: StatCan

New data from Statistics Canada shows that, despite only representing five per cent of the population, just under half of wildfire evacuations in 2023 were from communities where more than half the population was Indigenous.

Fires and floods: How Canada’s non-profits are responding to summer disasters

Several organizations have set up ways Canadians can help as more than 900 wildfires burn across the country

Nova Scotia approves Indigenous-owned, largest-ever wind farm to power hydrogen production

The massive 1.2‑GW wind farm locks in Indigenous-led ownership and will power Canada’s biggest proposed green hydrogen export hub.

Indigenous Clean Energy now delivers 10 per cent of Canada’s generated electricity

Indigenous Nations now co-own or hold commercial stakes in enough clean energy projects to power more than 1 in 10 watts generated in Canada.

Video: Youth-led lawsuit accuses Carney government of abandoning its 2030 climate target

The groups say Ottawa's carbon price and methane rollbacks have made its legally mandated 2030 emissions target unreachable

Explainer: Quebec’s pension fund stopped investing in oil and made $4B more in green energy. Now politicians and Canada’s pension sector need to get the memo

Quebec’s pension giant proves renewables can outperform oil — and exposes how far behind the rest of Canada’s funds really are.

Forget a second life – this Montreal boutique is giving used clothing a third life

Montreal’s new La Fibre Atelier tests whether “third‑hand” fashion can cut waste without fuelling more consumption

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