Tag: climate change
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...
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
Seven young people at the helm of Mathur et. al., a historic youth-led climate case, are back in court today in what will be...
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...
Wildfire response and environmental damage persists across Canada
The 2023 wildfire season in Canada has officially and unfortunately beat previous records in terms of acres impacted. Fires are currently burning in provinces...
Insurance industry urges investments in climate adaptation
An atmospheric river event that led to significant flooding in parts of Nova Scotia on July 23, 2023, is estimated to have caused over $170 million in insured damage,...
Intact Centre bringing physical climate risk into institutional investing
Incorporating physical climate risk into portfolio management – think flooding, wildfire or hurricanes that disrupt business operations for weeks at a time – has...
Feds launch Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy
Canadians are facing an increasing number of record-breaking climate events, including wildfires, extreme heatwaves, and floods, on top of slow onset climate impacts, such...
Bank of Canada releases first report on climate risks
The Bank of Canada has released its first annual report outlining the risks that climate change poses to its mandate and operations. The report evaluates...
Ecologists call for action on climate crisis amidst NS wildfires
As forest fires rage across Nova Scotia, climate campaigners, ecologists and NGOs, including the Plant Based Treaty, are calling for the systemic issues fueling...