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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

A critical look at critical minerals

The net-zero shell game

The circular opportunity to fix food waste

Too soon to celebrate progress in reducing methane gas emissions

Green beans, potatoes, carrots and corn are sorted into plastic bags for distribution. 

How gleaning food addresses greenhouse gas emissions and food insecurity

Moving Canadian municipalities to the forefront of decarbonization

The good and bad news from a public opinion researcher

Home decarbonization requires tailored policies

Emissions from destruction of nature hidden by rhetoric

Four steps to jump-start Canadian climate policy

The two best ways to help oil and gas workers exit the sector

Standing up to Ottawa: Western alienation shifts into Prairie constitutional challenges

Polarisation, action climatique et subvention : le cas canadien

Ten storeys of a condo tower are visible, with a finished 10-storey building behind it. The floors of the building under construction are without walls and windows. The upper floors extend out farther than the lower floors, creating a subtle v-shape for the building.

An energy-efficient pathway to net-zero emissions needs national direction

On a four-lane highway, traffic is bumper to bumper in one direction. Bordering the highway are low-rise industrial buildings, a lot with trucks parked, billboards, and in the distance a treed area and high-rise towers beyond them.

Allow competitor collaboration to help fight climate change

Public opinion on migration could sour amid food insecurity and climate change

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