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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

Canada needs a world-class climate law

BC’s green stimulus should include a portfolio of policies

Canada can’t achieve climate goals without supercharging carbon removal

Freeland and Carney may be Canada’s last, best chance for a green recovery

Canada needs to close the “logging loophole” in its boreal forest

BC’s green stimulus needs to focus on fuel switching, not energy efficiency

Le recours insuffisant à l’écofiscalité au Québec

Le Fonds des générations au service de l’équité fiscale et écologique

Why the real climate change fight is in Saskatchewan

Ottawa’s new climate reporting requirement is good for business

Will COVID-19 unite or divide Canada over its energy and climate future?

A Canada Water Agency is the first step to modernizing water management

The climate case for moderate beef and dairy consumption

Global supply agreement could address collapsing oil markets and climate concerns

Plant trees, but remember: nature is more than a carbon sink

The Clean Fuel Standard’s impact has been overstated

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