Monday, August 11, 2025
Too Hot to Handle: Melting ice sheet under the microscope
Covering the world’s largest island, the Greenland Ice Sheet is one of the globe’s biggest and most important water formations. The ice sheet reaches more…
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Investments empower young Canadians to address environmental challenges
From protecting wildlife to conserving forested areas, young Canadians play a big part in tackling climate change. Still, they can be better equipped to do…
Guidance for financial institutions to support net zero transition strategies
Today, the Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF), in collaboration with Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), launched the “Transition Finance Playbook”, a guide for financial institutions to…
Guidance on future-proofing and climate adaptation for Ontario communities
Across Ontario, communities are facing more frequent extreme weather events–and professional planners are stepping up with creative, actionable solutions to this challenge. The Ontario Professional…
Survey says most Canadians concerned about climate change as insurance rates rise
As Canadian communities experience record-breaking weather-related insurance losses, almost three-in-four Canadians are now worried about climate change’s effect on their properties and wallets, according to…
Climate change is fuelling Trump’s desire to tap into Canada’s resources
By Tricia Stadnyk Rising temperatures, a melting Arctic and increasing global water and resource scarcity are behind United States President Donald Trump’s threats to make…
Forests may be more resilient to climate change than we thought
Forests may be more resilient to climate change than previously thought, according to a feature in The University of Toronto’s The Bulletin Brief. A team…
Canada’s largest Arctic research meeting brings experts together
More than 1700 researchers, academics, students, and Indigenous experts met in Ottawa recently for Arctic Change 2024, the country’s largest Arctic research conference. With climate…
Top 10 weather stories illuminate impacts of climate change
Climate change has led to another record-breaking year of warmth across the globe, along with the second-hottest November that has been documented. The data points…
GHGSat approved for NASA data acquisition program
GHGSat has successfully completed a rigorous evaluation process with NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program (CSDA), which will allow GHGSat’s high-resolution methane emissions data to…
Court sides with youth in historic climate case against Ontario
Seven Ontario youth are celebrating a landmark victory handed down by the province’s top court. The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of their youth-led…
Intact doubles down on municipal climate resiliency grants program
Intact Financial Corporation recently launched its enhanced 2024 Municipal Climate Resiliency Grants program. Intact is doubling its investment by providing $2 million over two years…
New research puts climate and carbon tax policies to the test
Do climate policies work? An international research team found only 19 per cent of climate policies have been successful over the past two decades. The…
Researchers design AI approach to zoning climate change impacts
A recent study by the University of Ottawa and Laval University shows that climate change may cause many areas in Canada to experience significant droughts by the…
Arctic expedition to empower youth and educate on climate change
The SOI Foundation, based in Gatineau, Que., is hosting the Kalaallit Nunaat to Nunavut Expedition with 20 youth (aged 18 to 24) and SOI staff…
Arctic researchers assess climate change impact on oceans
A research team led by University of Galway is investigating whether climate change is reducing the impact that some of tiniest organisms in the oceans…
Inaugural convention on emergency preparedness and climate adaptation
The Canadian National Emergency Preparedness and Climate Adaptation Convention (CEPCA) presented by dmg events, with official co host sponsor IAEM Canada, is launching its inaugural…
Toronto continues response efforts following flooding
Climate change is increasing the instances of frequent and severe flooding – Canada’s most common natural hazard – with about 80 per cent of Canadian…
Waterloo launches first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary grad diploma in climate change
University of Waterloo graduate students across all six faculties will soon be able to obtain a new interdisciplinary diploma in climate change to help engage…
The State of Science: Insights into combatting climate change
By Marie-Claude Brandys A comprehensive survey on the state of science offers important insights that are worth considering when it comes to climate action in…
Nova Scotia government proposes new decarbonization plan
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has submitted a new plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the Government of Canada and has made it…
Climate adaptation funds proposed for Alberta communities
Alberta’s new Drought and Flood Protection Program will fund a new wave of projects to help communities from climate change. In recent years, many parts…
Youth-led climate target case in Ontario heads back to court
Young people around the globe are prioritizing a pro-active approach to environmental advocacy, including big names like Swedish Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Climate…
Policy POV: Nature based solutions versus ecological disasters
Observers of the COP28 climate negotiations, indeed of any recent discussion about greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, will have heard numerous references to nature based solutions.…