climate change

Canada's largest national park is now so threatened by upstream development and divided governance that it likely meets the criteria to be placed on the list of World Heritage sites in danger.

Legal experts from across the globe have drawn up a “historic” definition of ecocide, intended to be adopted by the international criminal court to prosecute the most egregious offences against the environment.

Australia said on Tuesday, June 21, 2021, it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal.

The importance of translating emergency warnings is often a lesson learned too late.

The activists, Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth, want the European Court of Human Rights to rule that Oslo’s 2016 decision to grant 10 Barents Sea oil exploration licences violated Article 112 of Norway’s constitution, which guarantees the right to a healthy environment.

An unusually early and long-lasting heat wave brought more triple-digit temperatures on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, to a large swath of the U.S. West, raising concerns that such extreme weather could become the new normal amid a decades-long drought.

The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, by a federal judge in Louisiana who ordered that plans continue for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska waters “and all eligible onshore properties.”

A new report from international environmental organizations in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment found the full breadth of health impacts haven’t been adequately studied or prepared for.

Climate finance for developing nations was supposed to reach $100 billion a year by 2020 but has fallen far short.

While Canadians generally support stronger climate targets, a whopping 85 per cent admit they have “no real idea” what Canada’s actual target is, writes Clean Energy Canada's Trevor Melanson.

Bill C-12 is a better bill today because of our efforts, write NDP MPs Laurel Collins and Taylor Bachrach. But let’s be clear: this isn’t the climate plan we would have written.

The fast-fashion boom is fuelling a rise in the use of synthetic fibres made from fossil fuels, study shows.

Over the last six months, Canada's National Observer has been looking into what's working and what's failing in cities as they rise to the challenge of tackling climate change. In a 13-part series, we will be taking you across the country, province by province, for a look at how cities are meeting the climate emergency with sustainable solutions. We start with this overview.

As pressure builds on oil and gas companies, some major players are making big climate pledges. We should weigh them with considerable skepticism, write professors Kathryn Harrison, Martin Olszynski and Patrick McCurdy.

The former UN secretary-general reflects on the dinner parties and diplomacy that led to the Paris Agreement.