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The community of Apex, Nvt., is seen from Iqaluit on August 2, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
ClimateEmissionsNewsReports

Parts of tundra releasing more carbon than they absorb: study

Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, an international study published Tuesday suggests, upending a millennia-old...

A person carries an umbrella for shade as they walk on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, as temperatures hit 32C in what meteorologists are calling a heat dome. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
ClimateNewsWeather

Global temperatures this year to rival 2024’s record-breaking heat: climate officials

Global temperatures in 2025 are forecasted to rival 2024's record-breaking heat, highlighting the urgency of climate action.

A dragline works in coal pits in front of the SaskPower Shand Power Station on Tuesday, March 19, 2008 south of Estevan, Sask. Estevan, the home to coal mines and a coal-powered generating station, was one of the communities most susceptible to workforce disruption as Canada transitions to a greener economy, the report suggests. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Troy Fleece
EconomyElectricityEmissionsEnvironmentInfrastructureNewsSolarWind

One in 10 Canadians live in places susceptible to green transition disruption: report

One in 10 Canadians live in communities susceptible to workforce disruption from the transition to a greener economy.

Lake Tanganyika is photographed from Karema, Tanzania, in this October 2013 handout photo. McGill researchers suggest combining 19th century missionary records with climate change models may improve their reliability in Tanzania. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Philip Gooding
AgricultureEnvironmentNewsWeather

How to improve climate predictions? McGill researchers turn to 19th century letters

McGill researchers use 19th-century records to improve African climate models and refine global warming projections.

A new study suggests Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe wildfires, underlining the pressing need to proactively mitigate the increased threat posed by climate change. An aerial view slow-burning forest fire is shown west of Timmins, Ont., on Sunday, May 27, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
ClimateEmissionsEnvironmentNewsReportsWeather

Canada primed for more severe wildfire days, driven by dry forest fuel: study

Canadian forests face rising wildfire risks as climate change increases conditions for severe fires, warns new study.

A historic youth-led challenge of the Ontario government's climate plan is a step closer to a hearing before Canada's highest court. Protesters take part in a climate protest march in Ottawa, on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
ClimateCourtsEmissionsEnvironmentLegislationNewsPoliticsRegulations

Ontario asks Canada’s highest court to hear youth-led climate case

It's the first case to be tried in Canada that considers whether a government's climate plan can violate the Charter of Rights and...

da is aiming to cut its emissions in half by 2035 compared to 2005 levels, a newly released benchmark lower than its advisory body recommended.Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
ClimateEmissionsNewsPolitics

Canada says it wants to slash its emissions in half by 2035. Will that be enough?

Canada aims to cut emissions by 45-50 per cent by 2035, lower than the 50-55 per cent recommended, amid concerns over U.S. policy...

Canada's environment minister Steven Guilbeault says he's disappointed that international negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution finished this week without an agreement. Guilbeault arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
BiodiversityEmissionsEnvironmentFuelManufacturingNewsUnited Nations

Canada’s Guilbeault disappointed plastic treaty talks end with no agreement

'We can't give up. We have to keep trying,' Canada's Environment Minster Steven Guilbeault said on Sunday.

An image of Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault rising during Question Period.
Climate FinanceElectionsEmissionsEnvironmentLegislationNewsUnited Nations

COP29 primer: Canada’s priorities at the global climate talks, and the Trump impact

Canada could play a key role in climate talks this year, says Minister Steven Guilbeault, despite Trump's win.

A person sits on the beach under a colourful umbrella as sail boats pass in Vancouver on July 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
ClimateEnvironmentNewsWeather

Canada’s new tool to study how climate change has shifted the odds of extreme cold weather

Canada will analyze how climate change affects extreme cold, expanding a system that found climate change fueled summer heat waves.

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