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Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Impacts & AdaptationCollateral DamageEnergy Politics
New Canadian Climate Institute Warns of ‘Harsh Realities’ Ahead
The new Canadian Institute for Climate Choices (CICC), an independent think tank that begins life with C$20 million in federal funding over five years, ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesPipelines/Rail Transport
Ottawa Won’t Offload Trans Mountain to First Nations While Legal, Political Risk Remains
The federal government won’t try to sell off the Trans Mountain Pipeline to the new Indigenous owners it hopes to attract as long as ... -
CanadaEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Scott and DeRochie: Coastal GasLink Buy Undercuts Pension Fund’s Duty to Alberta Retirees
Buying a 65% stake in the C$6.6-billion Coastal GasLink pipeline in northeastern British Columbia was the wrong way to invest Alberta’s public pension fund, ... -
AustraliaCanadaCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
From Newfoundland Snowstorms to Australian Bushfires, Climate Means the ‘Exceptional Becoming Normalized’
From an epic snowstorm blanketing Newfoundland to devastating bushfires and flash floods in Australia, climate change is the common thread that is turning the ... -
AfricaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & Flooding
Political Disfunction, Economic Turmoil Exacerbate the Climate Crisis as Disease and Famine Spreads
Late 2019 saw the calamitous rise of both dengue fever in Honduras and hunger in Zimbabwe, events that demonstrated how government dysfunction, poverty, and ... -
Drive to 1.5Food SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island States
Countries Can’t Turn Back Climate Refugees Whose Lives Are at Risk, UN Committee Rules
Countries can no longer send climate refugees back to nations of origin where the climate crisis might threaten their lives, according to a ruling ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialDemographicsEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJobsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Harvard Students Protest After Exxon’s Law Firm Tries to Recruit Them
An elite U.S. corporate law firm flopped badly in its recent bid to recruit Harvard law students, when nearly a third of the invitees ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEuropeForests & Deforestation
Former Coal Commissioners Slam Germany’s Phaseout Plan
Former members of Germany’s coal commission are accusing the national government of breaking the compromise behind its much-acclaimed agreement to phase out coal-fired power ... -
AustraliaCarbon-Free TransitionDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Australian Indigenous Knowledge Holds Potential for Climate Mitigation, Economic Growth
Australia’s Indigenous peoples have been living peaceably, and sustainably, with their fire-prone environment for 65,000 years, and so the nation at large—particularly the urban ...
