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People stand in a row carrying placards that read: drill baby drill

How Canada and the U.S. can still tackle climate change in a second Trump era

Andy Hira, Simon Fraser University and John J Clague, Simon Fraser University

Canada’s claim that it champions human rights is at odds with its mining practices

Véronique Plouffe, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

A dark-haired man in a navy suit shakes hands with a woman in a green suit.
Better digital literacy could help reduce climate and disaster conspiracy theories

Sibo Chen, Toronto Metropolitan University and S. Harris Ali, York University, Canada

A red tower in front of a huge plume of smoke
Aerial view of a combine harvested ploughing a wheat field

Global food production has resulted in significant biodiversity loss, new research shows

Kevin McCann, University of Guelph; Evan Fraser, University of Guelph, and Marie K. Gutgesell, University of Guelph

China is struggling to control its provinces as they expand distant-water fishing

Hang Zhou, Université Laval

A fishing vessel on the sea at dusk.
Climate change is fuelling Trump’s desire to tap into Canada’s water and Arctic resources

Tricia Stadnyk, University of Calgary

A polar bear is seen on an ice floe in a body of water strewn with ice.
How Canadian cities could be leaders in the fight against waste

Juste Rajaonson, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Piles of compacted waste
A boy jumps into a lake.

Canada’s water governance and management systems threaten the country’s water supply

Tricia Stadnyk, University of Calgary

A nuclear powerplant

With nuclear power on the rise, reducing conspiracies and increasing public education is key

Grant Alexander Wilson, University of Regina

agricultural land

Fertile land for growing vegetables is at risk — but a scientific discovery could turn the tide

Karolane Bourdon, Université Laval; Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompré, Université Laval; Jean Caron, Université Laval, and Josée Fortin, Université Laval

‘Solar shepherds’ earn big by grazing sheep on solar farms — and they benefit everyone involved

Joshua M. Pearce, Western University

Sheep graze in a field in front of solar panels
How heat storage technologies could keep Canada’s roads and bridges ice-free all winter long

Mohammadamin Ahmadfard, Toronto Metropolitan University and Seth Dworkin, Toronto Metropolitan University

A snow plow drives down a snowy road.
A worker stands by a roller belt in a large warehouse.

Change management shows us how we all can become climate leaders

Crystal Chokshi, Mount Royal University

Canadian companies are using social media to boost their ESG credibility, but investors aren’t buying it

Sean Cleary, Queen's University, Ontario and Dhruv Baswal, Queen's University, Ontario

Pair of hands typing on a computer keyboard with green text that says ESG floats above
Federal protection for monarch butterflies could help or harm this iconic species, depending on how it’s carried out

William E. Snyder, University of Georgia and Michael Crossley, University of Delaware

Five black, white and yellow striped caterpillars and an orange and black butterfly on a large leaf
The carbon tax needs fixing, not axing — Canada needs a progressive carbon tax

Peter Dietsch, University of Victoria

A man in a t-shirt talks into a microphone in front of a crowd.
The upcoming election is a critical juncture for Canada’s carbon tax and climate policies

Andrew Heffernan, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

A man stands at a podium in front of a door.

A person fills a display with fresh cobs of corn in a farmer's market

Farmers’ markets are a vital but overlooked part of fixing Canada’s struggling food system

Phoebe Stephens, Dalhousie University and Alyssa K Gerhardt, Dalhousie University

A small animal stands on a mound of snow in a forest.

Alberta’s lifting of restrictions on wolverine trapping could spell disaster for a declining population

Jason T Fisher, University of Victoria

A car drives across an ice road.

Climate change is making Canada’s ice roads hard to navigate

Homa Kheyrollah Pour, Wilfrid Laurier University and Daniel Gaudet

BlueTriton’s exit from Ontario shows the effectiveness of bottled water opposition movements

Daniel Jaffee, Portland State University

Person holding package of bottled water
Community acceptance is key to developing shellfish farms in Canada

Megan Rector, University of Stirling and Ramón Filgueira, Dalhousie University

A woman stands on a pier next to dozens of floating cages.
B.C. youth H5N1 diagnosis: Anti-whistleblower “ag-gag” laws help global pandemics grow and spread

Anelyse Weiler, University of Victoria and Tayler Zavitz, University of Victoria

A large number of cows stand in a circle in a sterile environment.
Two people sit on a dock sorrounded by green coloured water..

Warmer winters are fuelling a growth in algal blooms across the Great Lakes

Nandita Basu, University of Waterloo and Nancy Goucher, University of Waterloo

Deep seabed mining: Bad for biodiversity and terrible for the economy

Elizabeth Steyn, University of Calgary

Cross sectional view of the ocean with a tiny bit of an island visible amongst the waves
Nature-based solutions are cheap and effective, and governments have the tools to make them a reality

Diane-Laure Arjaliès, Western University and Tima Bansal, Western University

A view of a large wetland near a farm.
People walk past a building in the snow.

Canada must turn its impressive biodiversity protection goals into real actions

Justina C. Ray, University of Toronto

COP29: Only by returning carbon to the ground is net zero truly possible

Andrew Weaver, University of Victoria

People walk under an arch-like structure at sunset.
Climate inequality must take centre stage at COP29

Bonny Ibhawoh, McMaster University

A group of people walk towards a building with a sign and logo for COP29
When building Indigenous infrastructure, build relationally, like beavers

Andrew Wiebe, University of Toronto

A beaver nibbles on a small branch.
COP29: Canada needs to start a real conversation about international carbon markets

Mark Purdon, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Smoke rises from a coal power plant.
Recent Ontario appeal court ruling on youth-led climate case could be a constitutional ‘game-changer’

Stepan Wood, University of British Columbia

A large building is seen through a gateway.
Expanding home care could reduce the financial and environmental cost of dying in hospital

Myles David Sergeant, McMaster University

A older man with a blanket over him, and a younger woman with her hand on his shoulder
Seen a jellyfish off the dock? You’re not imagining things — they’re increasingly in our lakes

Beatrix Beisner, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

A small jellyfish swims close to a divers hand.
COP29: Climate change could kill millions — and world leaders must work to limit fatalities

Joshua M. Pearce, Western University

Rows of flooded homes.
A bowhead whale mother and calf in the eastern Canadian Arctic.

Commercial whaling and climate change are inhibiting evolutionary change in Arctic whales

Matt J. Thorstensen, University of Manitoba

The Canadian Arctic shows how understanding the effects of climate change requires long-term vision

James Schaefer, Trent University

A vast tundra is pictured in the Canadian Arctic
How honeybees can help us monitor pollution across Canada

Tony Robert Walker, Dalhousie University and Simon Harper, University of Manchester

A hive of bees crawl over honeycomb next to a human hand.
To truly understand the health of a lake, you must look well beyond its shoreline

Beatrix Beisner, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

A lake and dock is seen with trees in the background.
Jasper’s wildfire recovery is challenged by its unique land classification and the approaching winter

Jack L. Rozdilsky, York University, Canada

a worker observes a burned out neighbourhood

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