Climate

The US is considering stringent data centre rules to keep AI's impact on water, land and carbon in check. But the recent Liberal budget was silent on the environmental elephant in the room.

Climate | Spring 2024

Hero: Meet the ‘sponge city’ guru who is climate-proofing China

Rick Spence

Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu has pioneered the concept of “sponge cities” – urban landscapes designed to soak up stormwater, while creating appealing natural spaces

Climate | Spring 2024

Zero: Indonesian leaders are dealing with climate change in Jakarta by moving out

Rick Spence

It’s billed as a “low-carbon super hub” but 2,500 hectares of rainforest have been cleared to make way for the new capital, and so far reforestation has been haphazard

Climate | Spring 2024

Are cities losing their green mojo?

John Lorinc

Canada’s urban centres are driving climate progress in this country. They’re also struggling to meet their 2030 targets.

Climate | Spring 2024

Is seaweed farming boom a climate solution or ecological threat?

Eve Andrews

As kelp farms spread across North America, experts question whether their climate benefits are worth the potential risks

Climate

57 producers generated 80% of fossil emissions since Paris Agreement

Matthew Carl Ives, Belinda Wade and Saphira Rekker

New InfluenceMap report finds most companies produced more fossil fuels in the seven years after the Paris Agreement than in the seven years before

Climate

Despite claims to the contrary, industrial carbon pricing is working well

Dave Sawyer

OPINION | The battle over the carbon tax isn’t the whole story. Industrial carbon pricing is good at reducing emissions, good for business and good for competitiveness.

Climate | Spring 2024

Is it time to axe the carbon tax?

Ralph Torrie

OPINION | The current ‘take no prisoners’ political battle over Canada’s carbon tax threatens what climate progress has been made. There is a compromise that could lower the temperature.

Climate

We’re still spewing near-record levels of methane – and Canada’s among worst offenders

Mitchell Beer

While countries have vowed to slash the potent greenhouse gas, most lack plans to do it. The US was the highest emitter in 2023, and Canada tied for seventh with Saudi Arabia.

Sustainable Economy Intelligence

The federal government is more than $14 billion behind on climate funding

The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition