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‘Financed Emissions’ Take the Spotlight as Banks Slowly Begin Reporting Climate Risk
Canadian banks and insurance companies are finding themselves singled out as major players in the effort to get climate change under control, after analysis ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
In Conversation: Ottawa is Continuing Its ‘One Eye Shut’ Climate Policy, Carter and Dordi Say
Angela Carter is a political science professor and Truzaar Dordi is a PhD candidate in climate finance at the University of Waterloo. In this ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
Exxon Outvotes Other Shareholders to Beat Back Net-Zero Resolution for Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil Ltd. investors have voted 86% to defeat a shareholder resolution that it adopt a target to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. -
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Chinese Banks Rank Second as Financiers for Tropical Deforestation
China now ranks second in the world as a financier of industries linked to tropical deforestation—and a new report shows the country’s banks hold ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Export Development Canada Could Face Legal Challenge for Fossil Industry Financial Support
Export Development Canada (EDC) may face court action in the not-too-distant future, after a legal opinion commissioned by Oil Change International and several other ... -
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Victoria LNG Project Gets Swept Away in Australian Renewable Energy Surge
As Australian energy provider AGL officially pulls the plug on its proposed Victoria coast LNG import terminal, a new report predicts a surge in ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Historic New York Climate Protection Act Remains Underfunded, Underserved
Two years after New York passed its landmark climate protection act, legislators are still failing to approve any meaningful funding to realize its ambitions. -
AsiaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & Gas
10 Years After Fukushima, Japan Finally Begins Push for Renewables
A decade after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, an entrenched reluctance to embrace renewable energy—fostered in part by utilities anxious to maintain their dominance—may ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar
Barcelona Tests Solar Pavement in Small Urban Park
In an initiative that could boost solar capacity in the urban areas that need it most, Barcelona has installed Spain’s first photovoltaic pavement. -
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Biden’s 2022 Budget Earmarks $220 Million for Climate Health Preparedness
President Biden’s budget blueprint for 2022 is looking to prepare the U.S. for future climate impacts by earmarking at least US$220 million for federal ... -
AsiaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEuropeFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding
Cuts to UK Global Resilience Funding Undermine Cities’ Response to Fire, Floods
The UK’s decision to gut the budget for a key global disaster resilience research hub is putting millions of poor and vulnerable city-dwellers in ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Washington State ‘Cap-and-Invest’ Law Aims for Fast Carbon Cuts without Higher Energy Costs
Washington State is adopting a new “cap-and-invest” law aimed at driving rapid decarbonization without increasing energy costs for ratepayers. -
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UN Declares ‘Make or Break Moment’ on Forest Protection
Humanity is at a “make-or-break moment” to protect the forests we all depend on, United Nations leaders are warning. -
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Canada Must Tie Budget 2021 Spending to Community-Based Action: Op-Ed
While the “serious coin” directed to climate action by Canada’s 2021 budget is most welcome, two experts are urging policy-makers at all levels to ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
‘These Insurers Can’t Hide’, Campaigner Says, After Regulator Allows Trans Mountain to Keep Identities Secret
The Canada Energy Regulator has decided to grant a request by the operator of the Trans Mountain pipeline to protect the identity of its ...
