Climate Solutions Reporting

Climate Solutions Reporting Project produces written stories, podcasts, and newsletters about Canada's action and inaction in fighting global heating, as well as the impact of environmental degradation and solutions on people and communities. We offer these stories free of charge thanks to supporters and collaborators, including individual philanthropists and foundations. Read more about the project here.

536 Articles

Youth activist works hard so climate facts don’t get lost in translation

American youth climate activist Sophia Kianni tells a Toronto audience about the climate strike movement’s strategic shift to policy as her Climate Cardinals translation service proves the need for environmental and climate literacy in the Global South.

Youth climate action

Morgan Sharp

June 23rd 2022

Protesters pack up with a win after camping in Nova Scotia forest for over 200 days

The group found an ample amount of rare lichen among the trees slated for logging, requiring enough buffer zones to make over half of the area protected.

Cloe Logan

June 23rd 2022

The treesit ‘Eagle’ was a masterpiece with four walls, a roof, six windows, a bed and a heater

When I first heard of the treesit, I imagined something easily accessible and low to the ground. How wrong I was.

Opinion

Emily Kelsall

June 22nd 2022

‘A failure of humanity’: World’s poorest countries contend with climate disasters caused by the richest nations

In other parts of the world, the kind of nightmare scenarios the West is anticipating have already arrived.

Jessica McDiarmid

June 22nd 2022

Carbon capture projects: Solution or Band-Aid?

Long discussed but rarely used, carbon capture and storage projects — which bury waste CO2 underground — are on the rise globally. Some scientists see the technology as a necessary tool in reducing emissions, but others say it simply perpetuates the burning of fossil fuels.

Race Against Climate Change

Nicola Jones

June 22nd 2022

Time to take climate change and decarbonizing our energy system seriously

As a society, we need to acknowledge the tradeoffs of all these options for achieving net-zero and discuss what impacts we will accept.

Opinion

Taco Niet

June 22nd 2022

From rotting ‘trash’ to rich treasure

Compost Winnipeg fills a gap in city services.

Winnipeg Free Press

June 21st 2022

Canada needs a net-zero workforce to reach a net-zero future

Without a clear pathway, it is difficult to ensure skilled workers are ready to build the net-zero projects set to drive clean growth in the coming years.

Opinion

June 21st 2022

Global heating in the Arctic ‘off the scale’

New data has revealed extraordinary rates of global heating in the Arctic, up to seven times faster than the global average.

Race Against Climate Change

Damian Carrington

June 21st 2022

York Region votes to expand development into Greenbelt, farmland

York Region council has voted to expand its urban boundaries by nearly 8,000 acres despite opposition from environmental groups and municipalities that fear the move will lead to further urban sprawl.

Jessica McDiarmid

June 20th 2022

Rich nations balk at climate aid to poor countries at UN talks

Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global warming firmly on the agenda for this year’s U.N. climate summit.

Frank Jordans

June 17th 2022

Sea-level rise in England puts about 200,000 homes at risk

These are the homes that may not end up being saved because it would be very expensive to try, using measures such as seawalls and other coastal defences.

Fiona Harvey

June 17th 2022

Enbridge continues to threaten a fifth of the world’s fresh water thanks to lobbyists

It’s clear that decisions about Enbridge's Line 5 are not made in a vacuum. They have been heavily influenced by external lobbying efforts.

Opinion

June 17th 2022

birds eye view of beautiful network of rivers

Canada can hit its conservation goals with a huge assist from Indigenous initiatives

Canada can hit its conservation targets if the provinces and territories work with Indigenous partners to formally protect ongoing conservation initiatives like the Seal River Watershed in northern Manitoba — one of the world's largest remaining ecologically intact watersheds.

Natasha Bulowski

June 17th 2022

Lessons from Canadian cities that cherish and protect greenspace

Despite the best efforts of park volunteers like Cynthia Dwyer, Canadian cities are losing greenspace, a Statistics Canada report shows.

Isaac Phan Nay

June 17th 2022