4 d. ago Toronto Climate Week launches in effort to grow Canadian clean tech hub

TORONTO — A new climate conference is kicking off in Toronto that’s aiming to highlighting Canada’s clean tech and climate innovation sectors. Toronto Climate Week comes on the heels of Climate Week NYC, which bills itself as the largest climate gathering outside of the United Nations climate conference. Becky Park-Romanovsky, founder and executive director of […]

Society

5 d. ago Groups urge PM Carney to act on climate finance risk, 10 years after key speech

MONTREAL — A decade after Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a famous speech about the financial risks associated with climate change, global organizations called for financial system reforms in an open letter on Monday. The letter signed by Canadian, European, and American environmental groups calls for urgent changes, noting that a decade on, inaction is […]

Society

6 d. ago Appels à réformer le système financier pour le préparer aux effets du changement climatique

Il y a 10 ans, Mark Carney mettait en garde les grands financiers de ce monde face à la «tragédie des horizons».

Society

6 d. ago Éviter la «tragédie des horizons» climatiques en changeant le système financier

Il y a 10 ans, Mark Carney mettait en garde les grands financiers de ce monde face aux risques du changement climatique.

Society

1 week ago Wall Street Is Turning Climate Finance Into an Energy Security Pitch

Never before has New York climate week attracted so many people. And never before have the bankers attending been so keen to distance themselves from the traditional framing of climate finance.

Society

1 week ago China’s Meek Climate Targets Offer Little Support to Clean Tech

China’s struggling clean-tech giants will be reliant on market forces — not policy mandates — for growth over the next decade after President Xi Jinping announced targets for renewables and electric vehicles that the country should comfortably achieve.

Society

1 week ago Trump Blasts UN Over Immigration, Climate in Combative Speech

President Donald Trump assailed the United Nations and other countries in a grievance-laden speech that accused the world body of offering nothing but “empty words,” labeled climate change a “con job” and warned open borders risked destroying nations.

Society

2 w. ago B.C. Premier Eby urges Carney to ‘look west’ but won’t budge on tanker ban

Sankey said private investors are 'once burned, twice shy' after seeing billions in investment dollars fall to the whims of federal politics

Transport

2 w. ago Ontario premier urges Carney to maintain tariff on Chinese EVs despite canola levy

OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to maintain Canada’s 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, saying the measure is critical to securing a trade deal with the U.S. and protecting Canada’s auto sector. Carney met with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe yesterday to talk about China’s canola […]

Economics

2 w. ago Climate Change Led to At Least 16,500 Heat Deaths in Europe This Summer

A new study tracked the effects of higher temperatures in hundreds of European cities.

Society

3 w. ago US Weighs COP30 Climate Summit Attendance for ‘Honest Dialogue’

“I would not be at all against going, if I had an audience and a platform to engage with the world,” said Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

Society

3 w. ago Gas Markets Brace for Glut With No Sign of China Demand Rebound

Global gas traders are leaving a major industry conference in Milan without a clear consensus on when — or even if — demand from Chinese buyers will rebound, a key risk as liquefied natural gas supplies keep piling up.

Other

3 w. ago Energy Secretary Disbands Group Behind Contrarian Climate Report

The report by the agency’s Climate Working Group downplayed the severity of global warming, prompting pushback from other scientists.

Politics