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The metal structure is several storeys high with a metal ladder on one side leading to the top.

What is going on with Alberta’s climate-change strategy?

An aerial view of Jasper, with several sections of the town now gravel pads.

Canada’s economic success is at risk from weak climate adaptation

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

The value of natural assets must be measured for truly sustainable development

To be a policy optimist, try some rose-coloured realism

A brick school several stories high has probably close to a hundred panels covering its flat roof. They glisten in the sun. A parking lot surrounds the school, and adjacent to it in the distance is a green field bordered with a small forest and a densely packed suburb of many homes.

Canada needs to accelerate its transition to renewable energy

Say no to a $15-billion slush fund for the oil and gas industry

A worker installs solar panels on the roof of a house in Scugog, Ontario.

Governments need to better reflect affordability concerns in climate policies

Addressing the climate crisis requires a diplomatic and global finance overhaul

Why green construction is needed to affordably increase housing supply

Focus on renewables, not nuclear, to fuel Canada’s electric needs

An overhead view of black oil sands.

Foreign-owned oil companies in Canada hold key to climate change

How to manage our growing pile of electronic waste

Canada is falling behind when it comes to excessive packaging of grocery products

A man wears a mask as he crosses an intersection. The sky is a haze of pale orange, with low visibility a few blocks away. The street is four lanes, filled with cars, trucks and people crossing at the crosswalk.

The U.K.’s approach to climate governance can instruct Canada’s ambitions

A woman holding her phone walks along a gravel rode with shattered trees and debris from homes and vehicles in the background.

The gender gap in disaster preparedness

With mountains in the distance, and a forest of tight, tall evergreens in the foreground, two excavators dig a section of flat earth next to the blue-green water nearby. A load of earth fills a dump truck. Three tractors sit a small distance away.

Supporting Canadian LNG projects is good for the economy and the planet

A cow stretches her neck and shows her head, in front of a field of long grass beneath a blue sky. Three clouds form the letters C and O, followed by the number 2.

How to eat less meat to save the planet (and our own health)

Defining fossil fuel projects by climate impact is critical

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