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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

Will the “Freeland Doctrine” make an appearance at climate talks in Egypt?

Climate resilience will need a federal, enforceable framework

Two men on a bike ride past a mountain of everyday articles piled high, stretching into the distance on a cloudy day. One man is driving the three-wheel bike, and the other is standing on one of eight or so bulging dirty sacks strapped to the back of the bike. Seagulls hover over the dump near a mechanical digger. The ground is covered in a slick of muddy water.

A just transition must include the world’s massive “invisible” workforce

Female and male scientists working on Computers In a modern laboratory with various shelves, beakers, chemicals and other equipment visible.

Science diplomacy should not just be part of trade promotion

B.C. will need a mix of direct electrification and renewable natural gas

A red car drives on a winding road through a mountains.

The case for banning fossil fuel ads

An orca whale breaches in view of snow-topped Mount Baker in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash.

Canada must commit to a nature and biodiversity accountability act

A plume of dense white smoke risks from dark green and brown hills and blows across the frame from right to left. Two valleys with bodies of water and buildings are visible in the distance.

Put out wildfires before they begin with Indigenous fire stewardship

Workforce development is the missing piece in the transition to net-zero

Energy density matters

Sur une mer calme et turquoise avec des îles au loin, un immense pétrolier portant quatre conteneurs ronds sur son pont avance au ralenti, avec un plus petit navire industriel attaché à ses côtés.

LNG boom or bust?

Charred tree stumps are pictured on blackened terrain in front of an escarpment.

What European wildfires tell us about our real climate challenge

Getting Canada’s proposed clean electricity regulations right to reverse our poor climate performance

Interregional planning is key to Canada’s hopes for successful energy transition

Canada needs to keep pace with the U.S. in the transition to electric vehicles

Canada needs to correct course ahead of COP27

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