Tag: Climate Action
Canadian youth to make history in climate action Charter case
Seven young Ontarians will face down their provincial government in court this September in a crucial moment in the fight against the climate emergency...
New Brunswick communities ramping up climate plans
QUEST Canada is helping New Brunswick communities take their climate energy plans to the next level with the New Brunswick Smart Energy Community Accelerator...
Municipal funds for home energy retrofits in Toronto
The City of Toronto’s Home Energy Loan Program (HELP), which has completed 245 retrofit projects with 18 more currently underway, was launched in 2014...
Small but Mighty: How some New Brunswick municipalities are fighting climate...
Stéphane Dallaire remembers clearly the Saturday night in September 2019 when Hurricane Dorian hit Cap-Pelé. The CAO and clerk of the small francophone village...
Northern Premiers issue pan-northern leaders’ statement on climate change
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver along with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok, Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane and Indigenous leaders from across the North recently issued...
Report on Canada’s commitments on climate and reconciliation
Climate change is front and centre in the hearts and minds of Canadians, coast-to-coast. In the crucial fight to save our planet, arguably, one...
New research on actions that accelerate climate-driven floods
A study of more than 2,000 streams around North America found that those altered by human activity are at greater risk of flooding.
The study,...
Decarbonizing Canada: Climate experts examine strategies toward net zero
The wildfires have been burning, too many towns have been flooding, and the permafrost in the north is melting. Canadians are more motivated than...
Climate change impacts underline work to build cleaner B.C.
In a year marked by the escalating impacts of climate change, the British Columbia government took important steps to drive down carbon pollution and...
GNWT’s climate action and energy reports show low-carbon progress
Newly released reports show that the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has taken action to address the climate crisis and make energy more...