Jan 24 2020 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull’s tone was measured. But his words were as blistering as an Australian bushfire as he denounced his party’s refusal to face Australia’s grim climate prognosis. He told the BBC he “could not explain” why Prime Minister Scott Morrison — his successor as leader of the Liberal Party, Australia’s main […]
Jan 24 2020 — Heather Scoffield — Toronto Star — Stephen Poloz sat down with the Toronto Star this week to discuss his seven-year term as the governor of the Bank of Canada which comes to a close this June. Here’s are excerpts from the interview:
Jan 23 2020 — Carl Meyer — National Observer — A new human-rights ruling says deporting a person to a country where they could be killed or seriously mistreated as a result of the climate crisis would violate an international treaty to which Canada is a party, according to the country’s UN refugee agency. UNHCR Canada has told National Observer the Trudeau government needs to […]
Jan 23 2020 — Associated Press — Efforts by the Trump administration to undo fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles are a setback to the battle against climate change, former U.S. president Barack Obama said on Thursday. Speaking at a sell-out forum about the future of work, Obama said it’s clear not everyone is on his page when it comes to the enormous global […]
Jan 23 2020 — The Canadian Press — “This is not simply an environmental issue. It is an economic issue. The estimates going forward in terms of the size of the prize for countries that are in this game early, developing technologies and deploying technologies that address some of the carbon-related issues, is enormous. It’s been estimated at a $26 trillion opportunity.” — […]
Jan 21 2020 — FPAC — As political and business leaders descend on Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, issues related to climate change are looming larger than normal over this year’s gathering. It’s not just the official theme of “Stakeholders for a cohesive and sustainable world” that has set the tone so succinctly. It’s the […]
Jan 21 2020 — Aaron Wherry — CBC — Seven years after Stephen Harper’s Conservative government eliminated funding for the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, a new institute for research and analysis on climate policy in Canada is launching with the assistance of federal funds. The Liberal government will contribute up to $20 million over five years to provide for the […]
Jan 20 2020 — CNN — Refugees fleeing the effects of the climate crisis cannot be forced to return home by their adoptive countries, a United Nations panel has ruled, in a landmark decision that could open the door to a flood of legal claims by displaced people around the world. The UN’s Human Rights Committee was making a judgment on […]
Jan 16 2020 — CBC — On Wednesday, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released their annual report on global temperatures and climate conditions — 2019 was the second warmest year on record, and the past decade was the warmest ever. These types of temperature milestones are the norm now; every month it seems another record is set, […]
Jan 15 2020 — Associated Press — The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists say they see no end to the way man-made climate change keeps shattering records. “If you think you’ve heard this story before — you haven’t […]
Jan 14 2020 — BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, has announced it will put sustainability at the heart of its investment decisions.
Jan 14 2020 — CNN — The world’s oceans are now heating at the same rate as if five Hiroshima atomic bombs were dropped into the water every second, scientists have said. A new study released on Monday showed that 2019 was yet another year of record-setting ocean warming, with water temperatures reaching the highest temperature ever recorded.
Jan 13 2020 — The Canadian Press — The premiers of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador say they are studying how their hydroelectric resources can help the Atlantic region move away from coal power. On his first visit to the neighbouring province as premier, Quebec’s Francois Legault joined the premiers of the four Atlantic provinces at a meeting Monday in St. John’s, where […]
Jan 11 2020 — Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Canadian medical schools have not adequately addressed the urgent need for training related to planetary health and climate change, and members of the Canadian Federation of Medical Students say that must change. The growing health effects of climate change, such as the spread of Lyme disease and heat-related deaths, mean medical students must be […]
Jan 10 2020 — Will Weissert, The Associated Press — WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer on Friday unveiled an immigration proposal seeking to make immigrants fleeing the effects of climate change eligible for legal entry into the United States. Like a lot of his White House rivals, Steyer is promising to use executive action to reinstate Obama administration protections for people brought to […]