As the next United Nations Climate Change Conference kicks off, Canadian climate organizations are voicing their concerns about rich countries’ reluctance and unreliability in supporting the Global South as the climate crisis deepens.

Despite COVID restrictions, Fridays for Future global climate strikes are going ahead in hundreds of cities, bringing out tens of thousands of people around the world.

Last week around 500 people gathered in downtown Vancouver for the first Friday strike since the pandemic hit.

Aroundtable on climate action with representatives of the major parties made clear that, no matter who wins, this federal election will not bring Canada in line with what the climate crisis demands.

Discussions about fossil fuels and the Paris Agreement showed the Liberals and Conservatives, the country’s historical ruling parties, are unwilling to take urgent steps to address the issue of fossil fuels and meet the country’s Paris Agreement commitment

The overpass trembled as cars sped past, and the noise of the traffic roared as several protestors stood on the sidewalk with “STOP TMX” banners. They waved them at passing vehicles, and those on the Trans-Canada Highway beneath them.

As the federal election campaign warms up, amid wildfires and heat waves linked to greenhouse gas emissions, Canada’s Conservative Party is promising a new approach to the climate crisis.

While many people in Canada suffer from choking smoke and unprecedented heat, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has sent another warning about where the climate crisis is headed. In a newly released report, the IPCC calls for immediate, rapid, and large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Without this, limiting warming to 1.5 C — the goal set out in the Paris Agreement — will be beyond reach.

The rampant wildfires in B.C. have not burned out people’s passion for camping, but trips into the great outdoors increasingly look different from those of years past.

A wave of direct action against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project — led in particular by Indigenous land defenders — has been growing in B.C.’s Lower Mainland in the past few weeks.

Most recently, around 50 Indigenous land defenders and climate activists marched for 5 km from the TMX construction site to the Watch House’s site on March 10. Three years ago on that day, Indigenous groups launched the Watch House near the Burnaby Mountain tank farm to monitor work being done on the project.

Bruce Wilson understands the anxiety many workers face when thinking about exiting the oil industry.

Before a recent move to the hydrogen business, he spent over 30 years working as an engineer in the high-carbon industry, including a long stint at Shell. This first career saw him travelling to different countries, which he recalled as a “wonderful period” that allowed him to experience a variety of cultures. But it also raised questions for him.

The demise of the Keystone XL pipeline is turning the spotlight on the fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

On Monday, the House of Commons held an emergency debate on the recently cancelled cross-border Keystone XL project. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan pushed back against the idea of placing retaliatory sanctions on the U.S., while pivoting to Ottawa’s support for TMX.

The following day, around 100 organizations from a broad swath of sectors signed an open letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and all federal cabinet ministers to kill TMX.