Canada's Climate Daily

No funding for biodiversity at Colombia summit. Could Canada have helped?

Nature is being pushed to the brink as logging, mining and the relentless burning of fossil fuels destroy ecosystems — but even while acknowledging the problem, countries negotiating at COP16 still failed to agree on how to pay for conservation efforts.

Indigenous friendship centres say they can't handle the costs of climate crisis and urbanization

Friendship centres, which serve the needs of urban Indigenous people, are increasingly important in responding to climate disasters

There’s no win for Canada in this US election

America has long been a usefu; neighbour to Canada and Canadians. This election, and Donald Trump's continued relevance, is a reminder of how quickly that could change.

If we have to ditch the carbon tax, subsidies are the way to go

Subsidies to fight greenhouse gas emissions may be a more politically feasible alternative to incentivize the adoption of low-carbon technologies and behaviours.

Health risks due to climate change are rising dangerously, Lancet report concludes

A tracking project that has been in place since nations vowed to act on climate in 2015 sees a measurable increase in exposure to disease and dangerous conditions.

What to know about the unprecedented floods that killed more than 200 in Spain

Bad weather and human error led to missed ballots: Elections BC

B.C.'s chief electoral officer Anton Boegman says the agency is investigating the mistakes to "identify key lessons learned" to improve training, change processes or make recommendations for legislative change to ensure "errors can be prevented in the future."