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Vue panoramique d’un lac pollué par des déchets

From conflict to co-operation: Using mediation to fight the climate crisis 

A lake with rolling hills in the background on a sunny day. The leaves are just starting to change colours on the trees.

Canada’s $650M water plan risks repeating old mistakes

Two men walk in a vast parking lot of bulldozers, excavators, dump trucks and front-end loaders among many other pieces of equipment.

Bulldozer or bystander? Canada’s stakes in the new global economy 

Carney stands at a podium on the tarmac. Behind him is several hundred soldiers in olive-green uniforms, and behind them are two white jets. A row of media and cameras on tripods is facing Carney.

Greening the military: Why defence spending must align with climate action

The water has risen halfway up the basement window in the home, which is surrounded by a stand of trees. Pieces of wood swirl together in the water, which is brown.

Canada has “flood amnesia.” Lessons from the Dutch would help treat it

Three men in a small boat with the houses of a modern subdivision in the background. The water is about halfway up a stop sign and the garage doors.

Drowning in risk, Ottawa must fund a national flood insurance program

Net-zero advisory body needs to sharpen its analysis

Floods, fires and mudslides: The climate-insurance crisis in real estate

Protecting our near-urban nature is an important step in addressing climate change

Accelerating building reuse would help Canada meet its climate targets

Retrofitting needs investment

Addressing climate change by retrofitting Canada’s existing buildings

La reconnaissance judiciaire de l’injustice climatique

Policy implementation will be tricky on carbon capture and storage

After Big Oil’s very bad week, the message for Alberta is clear

Aligning sovereign debt with climate action is a post-COVID way forward

Integrated climate policies lift all boats

Four solutions for a new normal after the pandemic

Tap into carbon capture’s potential by building public confidence

The overlooked role of secretariats in the success of environmental treaties

Chrystia Freeland must pick a lane with next budget – climate change or oil and gas?

Policy-makers need to talk directly to farmers about recovery

Building a green budget for 2021 and beyond

The path ahead for Erin O’Toole on climate change

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