Thursday, June 19, 2025
Ensuring renewable power readiness to face extreme weather
As the energy transition accelerates worldwide, power systems with high shares of renewables are due to become the norm in a net-zero and affordable energy…
Climate Resilience
Expanding Toronto’s tree canopy can build a climate-resilient city
Urbanization has reshaped cities around the world, typically pitted against ecological and landscape connectivity. Toronto’s speedy development fragmented a great deal of natural landscapes, constraining…
Canada’s first CSA-compliant smart blue roof revealed
Over the last few months, the City of Mississauga has experienced two major weather events, where flooding caused damage to both public and private property.…
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 as…
New CSA Group report on Canada’s costliest climate impact – flooding
Developers and contractors across the country are increasingly aware of the critical need to design dwellings to address climate change and limit flood risk. Approximately…
BMO launches Greener Future Financing to support agricultural business
BMO Canadian Business Banking has announced the launch of Greener Future Financing – its first climate financing program – which has been developed to help agriculture…
Sponsored Story: Protecting Canada’s Blue Carbon Resources
By Mel de Jager and Patrick Lafrance Canada’s coastlines are at risk due to the impacts of climate change. Rising sea levels threaten coastal communities,…
$200M in federal funds for nature smart climate solutions
Nature-based solutions are among the most powerful tools to address climate change. They leverage the power of Canada’s ecosystems to realize a number of key sustainability goals:…
National Report on Climate Change Adaptation Released
Communities across the country are experiencing the impacts of climate change, from extreme events such as wildfires, flooding, and heat waves to rising sea levels,…
Canada, Finland and the Netherlands Join Forces to Advance Circular Economy Online
As the world looks for a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Sitra, the Finnish innovation fund, has joined forces with Canada and the Netherlands…
Intact Financial Invests $1 Million to Combat Climate Change
Intact Financial Corporation is investing $1 million in Canadian charities that are developing practical and effective solutions that help protect people from natural disasters like floods, wildfires,…
Builders of CleanBC Plan Receive Sustainability Award
Two British Columbia leaders have received top honours for their work on building the CleanBC plan to fight climate change and put the province on…
Investments in Climate Adaptation Needed Urgently: Report
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) have released new data demonstrating the urgent need for new investments in…
IPCC Report Shows Time Running Out for Climate Action: WWF-Canada
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) new Special Report on The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) is yet another dire warning from…
515 Institutional Investors Urge Governments to Step Up Climate Action
A record 515 institutional investors managing $35 trillion in assets urged governments worldwide to step up action to tackle climate change and achieve the Paris…
Commonwealth Helps Developing Countries Finance Climate Action
A Commonwealth facility designed to assist smaller and more vulnerable countries tackle the damaging effects of climate change has helped them access USD 27 million…
City of Toronto Issues its Second Green Bond Offering
The City of Toronto has issued its second green bond offering of $200 million. “The City of Toronto, as Canada’s largest city and sixth largest…
Royal Military College of Canada to Study Climate Impacts in N.W.T.
The Royal Military College of Canada has received over $4.7 million from the Government of Canada for two projects that will study the impacts of…
Canada Provides $1.2 Million to Ouranos for Four Climate Change Projects
The Government of Canada has announced an investment of nearly $1.2 million in Ouranos for four projects to increase climate change adaptation and resilience in the areas…
Port of Vancouver Receives $300,000 Increase Climate Resilience
The Government of Canada is investing more than $300,000 in two projects at the Port of Vancouver to strengthen its transportation system and better prepare…
Canada Invests in Urban Climate Centre
Catherine McKenna, Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, recently announced a $22-million investment for the Ottawa Community Foundation to establish an urban climate centre in…