Expert Commentary

You might expect that in Dubai, with its splashy display of wealth and ambition at every turn. But at the big UN climate conference that’s underway here

Good Cap, Bad Cap? It’s here at last—but not there yet. The federal government unveiled its much hyped (and to some, much feared) oil and gas emissions cap “framework” at the midpoint of COP28, laying down its most ambitious climate policy to date. No other oil and gas exporting nation has placed a cap on […]

If there were any doubts how far climate has fallen down Santa’s wish list for the Trudeau government, read Chrystia Freeland’s Fall Economic Statement.

The weather in Ottawa turned gnarly this week, as did the politics around Net Zero. Is this the winter of our climate discontent?

I visited Winnipeg last week and there’s a new energy in the air. The election of Wab Kinew as Manitoba premier—one of the first Indigenous persons to lead any province—has put a new spotlight on the province,

Canada has the world’s longest coastline. At 243,000 km, it can circle the world nine times.

Scaling down Canada’s emissions rapidly to 440 Mt by 2030 will require cuts equal to around four times the drop seen during the pandemic.

Budget 2023’s new green measures are mostly about bolstering the upstream supply chain

Potato farmers, urban planners and mountain bikers are the new vanguard of biodiversity.

The backdrop for the 27th United Nations Climate Conference was always going to be an odd one. Sharm El-Sheikh is a beach resort town built by the Israelis during their occupation of the Sinai Peninsula in the 1970s, and dedicated pretty much to the hedonistic pursuits of European and Arab charter groups. Picture a faux […]

The global meeting of government, business and community leaders—the first in three years—can’t quite be described as optimistic.

John Stackhouse speaks with one of the leading advocates for climate action, former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney – Disruptors