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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

Under hazy skies, opportunities for ground-up climate disaster policy changes

A long view of a gently sloping field covered in small pink blossoms. On the right, a country road with a swath of green grass on either side of it cuts through the crop. The horizon darkens in the distance on a day with a pale blue sky.

Why we need to help farmers plant more cover crops

High in the air on a cloudy day, two men in orange uniforms and hardhats work on the fixtures at the top of a power pole connected to high-tension wires. Each man is standing in a mechanical bucket that’s been raised from a hydro truck. A few stray wires are dangling.

Four conditions for the new Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit

Getting beyond the ‘single story’ to understand opposition to climate change measures

Emergency law needs to change for the climate crisis era

Metal tubes and vents and steel supports form a structure several storeys high, with sunlight streaming in through the gaps.

Energy productivity first. Then focus on production

A worker guides the placement of a huge steel girder suspended by a crane. He is standing on a smaller length of steel high in the sky.

Canada must speed up decarbonization to keep up with the U.S.

Canada’s chemical and fertilizer makers are escaping carbon scrutiny

The eternal land shortage municipal planning departments can fix

Budget 2023’s clean economy initiatives need greater future clarity and certainty

Canada needs a new economic vision, and new policies to go with it

Canada has committed to protecting nature. Are we up to the challenge?

Un puits de pétrole dans un champ couvert de neige, vu à travers une rangée de barbelés.

Down to the last barrel?

Just transition or smart transition?

One hand holds the earth while the other holds pieces of gold. In the background a dark sky is over drought-stricken land. 

Progressives, conservatives and climate change

An oil pump in the foreground with wind turbines in the background.

Optimizing Canada’s policy toolbox for clean growth

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