Canada

Canada on track to miss 2030 emissions targets

10 Nov 23 - Canada is set to miss its 2030 target to cut carbon emissions by at least 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, according to the latest audit from the commissioner of the environment's office.

Trees could become a source of carbon emissions

13 Sep 23 - In the face of climate change, we’ve been told forests are our salvation. But scientists believe this summer’s wildfires are a sign of a tipping point — with trees a major source of carbon emissions.

Eastern Canada wildfires: Climate change doubled likelihood of ‘extreme fire weather’

25 Aug 23 - The unusually hot and dry weather that drove record-breaking wildfires in eastern Canada was made at least two times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to a new rapid attribution study.

Canadian wildfires approach provincial capital as officials race to evacuate city

21 Aug 23 - Canada is evacuating residents from the provincial capital city of Yellowknife amid wildfires that have creeped perilously close, threatening to engulf homes across vast swathes of the Northwest Territories.

Canada’s wildfires prompt US air quality alerts for 70 million people in 32 states

21 Jul 23 - Smoke from the hundreds of blazes in Canada, has once again drifted across the border into the United States, prompting another round of air quality warnings.

Scientists unveil the key site that shows we’re in a new climate epoch

20 Jul 23 - The holy grail for understanding the start of the Anthropocene lies at the bottom of a lake in Canada.

Canada wildfires release record 160 million tonnes of carbon

29 Jun 23 - The EU's Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service said wildfires burning through large swathes of eastern and western Canada have released a record 160 million tonnes of carbon.

Canada can now breed for methane efficient dairy cows

26 Jun 23 - Canada is the first country to deliver a national genetic evaluation aimed at lowering methane emissions.

Canada’s wildfires are part of our new climate reality, experts say

9 Jun 23 - Canada is on track to experience its most severe wildfire season on record, and it’s part of a trend experts say will intensify.

Continuing wildfires in Canada prompt air quality warnings in northeastern US

8 Jun 23 - More than a dozen U.S. states were under air-quality alerts on Wednesday as smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in eastern Canada wafted south, casting a dull gray pallor over the skyline of New...

Canada facing ‘deeply concerning’ wildfire season

2 Jun 23 - Canada is facing its most severe early wildfire season on record, with 211 wildfires burning and 82 classified as out of control, the country’s minister of public safety said.

Canada climate battle looms as Alberta takes aim at PM Trudeau

31 May 23 - Canada will struggle to meet its ambitious climate target without significant greenhouse gas reductions from Alberta, the nation’s highest polluting province.

Canadian financial institutions are fueling the climate change crisis

22 May 23 - Canada will almost certainly fail to meet its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45% by 2030 in accordance with the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

How climate change is impacting Canada’s largest wetland

16 May 23 - The starkly beautiful Hudson Bay Lowlands, located between the Canadian Shield and Hudson Bay, are covered in carbon-rich peat and dotted with small ponds as far as the eye can see.

A Canadian businessman spent $1 million to offset his carbon footprint

26 Apr 23 - A globetrotting millionaire has calculated his carbon footprint — and then paid $1 million to offset it.

Canada wants more Indigenous knowledge in IPCC climate reports

12 Apr 23 - Canadian delegates to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have called for broader inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in future climate reports.

Minister warns Canadians may pay more in carbon tax than they receive in rebate

3 Apr 23 - Canada’s environment and climate change minister acknowledged that the average household may eventually pay more for the carbon price than it gets back in rebate payments, but says the Liberal...

Fossil fuel ad campaign misled Canadians, claims Competition Board complaint

21 Mar 23 - The environmental group Greenpeace has filed a complaint with Canada’s Competition Bureau against a coalition of the country’s six largest oil sands producers for running what they allege is a...

Architects not adopting biomaterials are "dinosaurs"

14 Mar 23 - Canadian mass-timber pioneer Michael Green has hit out at architects designing unusually shaped buildings rather than embracing biomaterials in this interview as part of Dezeen's Timber Revolution...