Marine ecosystems across Canada’s coasts, such as eelgrass meadows that provide an important habitat for juvenile species, are threatened by human activities and climate change.
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It is time to acknowledge and address the rapid shifts in Canada’s oceans. To meet this challenge, Canada’s marine conservation toolbox — starting with the Oceans Act — needs an overhaul.
The Earth viewed from the Apollo 8 lunar mission on Dec. 24, 1968.
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The Earth is a resilient planet, but people are altering it in ways that may take centuries to reverse.
Whales help circulate nutrients around oceans, contributing to better carbon storage.
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Using our oceans as carbon sinks could help achieve climate goals set in the most recent IPCC report.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson, left, and Minister of the Environment Steven Guilbeault announce Canada’s new climate plan at a press conference on March 29, 2022.
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Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by only one per cent between 2005 and 2019. A new climate plan charts the path to deep cuts in carbon emissions in only eight years.
In an effort to reduce the growing problem of food waste disposal, researchers are focusing on developing new green technologies that use food waste to generate clean energy.
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Technologies like biomass gasification can help tackle the growing global problem of food waste.
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As climate change pressures intensify, ecosystems may lose their ability to bounce back from disasters.
The SEC’s proposed rules include some reporting of so-called Scope 3 emissions, in companies’ supply chains and use of their products.
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The SEC’s proposal would require companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and other climate risks, but it’s not a done deal yet.
Some corporate climate risks are easy to spot. Others are less evident.
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Some investors want publicly traded companies to disclose their full climate impact, including emissions from their supply chains and product use.
Weather and climate extremes are already here, and communities will have to adapt.
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An author of the report explains the damaging effects climate change is already having and why adaptation is essential.
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If estimates are grossly inaccurate, Australia’s emission reduction targets will not be grounded in a credible assessment of greenhouse gas outputs.
South Africa’s carbon tax is in line with the international ‘polluter pays’ principle.
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The urgency of the climate crisis was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic for a while, but the South African government displayed a renewed climate focus over the past year.
Renewable energy prices have fallen faster than predicted.
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Human behaviors shift. Policies change. New technology arrives and evolves. All those changes and more are hard to predict, and they affect tomorrow’s costs.
Guy Stewart Callendar connected carbon dioxide concentrations with rising temperatures.
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His theory, based on years of detailed climate and weather data, became known as the Callendar Effect. Today we call it global warming.
Coal piles outside of PacifiCorp’s Hunter power plant in Castle Dale, Utah.
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West Virginia v. EPA could be the opportunity that conservative justices have been seeking to curb federal power.
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Global plastics production is set to double by 2040. The upcoming UN meeting is a chance for New Zealand to stake a stronger position on a proposed treaty to reign in plastic pollution.
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Saving the Great Barrier Reef is not about throwing money at it – what matters is how the dollars are spent.
The blue milk cap mushroom is a rich source of protein.
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Inoculating trees with an edible fungi can produce more protein per hectare than pasture-raised beef, while reforesting, storing carbon and restoring biodiversity.
Sunrise over a bog in Eastern Europe.
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Recent estimates put atmospheric methane at 1,900 parts per billion – close to triple its pre-industrial average.
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Plan to cut emissions quickly, use offsets sparingly and set broader goals for improving society.
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Extreme heat over 50°C is likely to become more common, giving us yet another reason for Australia to act fast on climate change.