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Swiss glaciers lose 10% of volume in worst two years on record
FILE - ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) glaciologist and head of the Swiss measurement network Glamos, Matthias Huss, checks the thickness of the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
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‘Unprecedented’ climate trial kicks off at rights court in Strasbourg
Young Portuguese citizens pose outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after a hearing in a climate change case involving themselves against 32 countries, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on September 27, 2023. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on September 27, 2023, began hearing a case brought by six Portuguese youths against 32 nations for not doing enough to stop global warming, the latest bid to secure climate justice through the courts. (Photo by Frederick FLORIN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Globe Climate: Studying the start of the solar system may teach us about Earth’s future
The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is seen shortly after touching down in the desert at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range in Dugway, Utah, U.S. September 24, 2023. NASA/Keegan Barber/Handout via REUTERS
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US set to open embassies in the Cook Islands and Niue as Biden hosts Pacific leaders summit
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Biden is set to announce the opening of new U.S. embassies on Cook Islands and Niue on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, as the Democratic administration aims to demonstrate to Pacific Island leaders that it remains committed to increasing American presence in the region. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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The conversation around the energy transition is changing
Members of the Saudi delegation wait for transportation at the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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These stocks benefit from agriculture’s fight against climate change. Plus, Morgan Stanley on how Canadians should position their portfolios
The Reid family harvest their wheat crop near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Canada is the world's sixth-largest producer and one of the largest exporters of wheat, annually producing an average of over 25 million tonnes and exporting around 15 million tonnes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
investment ideas
Clean energy investing loses lustre despite climate crisis
Gavin Maguire
globe drive
Toyota, a hybrid pioneer, struggles to master electric vehicles
FILE PHOTO: Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda speaks at a briefing on the company's strategies on battery EVs in Tokyo, Japan December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
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Climate change may mean ‘hundreds of billions’ at risk in U.S. housing market
(FILES) Plumes of smoke rise as wildfire approaches a home during the Fairview Fire near Hemet, California, in Riverside County on September 7, 2022. The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies on September 15, 2023, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars in damages and misled the public by minimizing the risks from fossil fuels, according to a court filing. It follows numerous other cases brought by US cities, counties and states against fossil fuel interests over the impact of climate change as well as alleged disinformation campaigns spanning decades. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada’s deepest lake feeling immediate effects of climate change, new research finds
Environment Canada researchers use an ice auger to drill a hole through the ice on Great Slave Lake, March 2014. Sediment cores collected during the expedition have been used to study changes in the microscopic life forms that inhabit the lake over time. Credit: M.Evans
opinion
Oil giants’ climate-change cheap talk is why we need a hard cap on their emissions
Catherine McKenna
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Globe Climate: To prevent food insecurity, we should look to the ancient past
King Arcesilaus of Cyrenaica overseeing the packaging of silphium (the country's main source of income) into ships for export. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937,after a Spartan cylix, c. 580-550 B.C. (Wellcome Collection)
opinion
The Springhill Mine disaster is a cautionary tale the world would do well to remember
Ken Cuthbertson
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Ontario government ‘completely buried’ climate change report, opposition critics say
TORONTO, CANADA - JUNE 28: Smoke from wildfires in the provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia is seen on June 28, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Ian Willms/Getty Images)
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Seven in 10 Canadians are worried about climate change, link it to extreme weather: poll
A large majority of Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it is behind an increase in extreme weather a new national poll suggests. Thick smoke from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire fills the air and a Canadian flag flies in the wind as RCMP officers on a boat patrol Shuswap Lake, in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Globe Climate: Young farmers help each other embrace new techniques to lower emissions
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner, co-owners of Amara Farm, process dried garlic in a barn on Amara Farm, Courtenay, BC. 08/03/2023
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B.C.’s wildfire crisis was forecast, but it arrived decades sooner than expected
A helicopter being used to battle hot spots near Sorrento lands in Squilax, B.C., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, as trees burned by the Bush Creek East wildfire are seen on a mountainside. The onset of large, severe wildfires that threaten communities year after year has occurred earlier in British Columbia than previous research projected, and experts say the record-shattering 2023 season must serve as a springboard for action. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
analysis
India expands G20, keeps it from fracturing over Ukraine — but little progress made on other key issues
Security personnel walk along a corridor of a G20 venue after the closing session of the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 10, 2023. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Data Dive with Nik Nanos: For Canadians, it starts and ends with the economy and the environment
Nik Nanos
world
UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that
FILE - The industrial backdrop of a BP refinery and a Uniper coal-fired power plant is seen in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, March 6, 2023. A major new United Nations report being released Monday, March 20, 2023, is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
international business
U.S. ready to work with India at G20 summit to aid successful communiqué crafting, Yellen says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addresses the media, ahead of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
tennis
Climate protester glues feet to floor, interrupting U.S. Open semifinal between Gauff and Muchova
Protestors disrupt play between Coco Gauff, of the United States, and Karolina Muchova, of the Czech Republic, during the women's singles semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
canada
Western Canada a global hot spot over summer months, Climate Central study shows
A new analysis has found that western Canada was one of the global hot spots in a summer that climate change made one of the warmest on record. A man cools off at a temporary misting station deployed by the city in the Downtown Eastside due to a heat wave, in Vancouver, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Vancouver-based writer John Vaillant among contenders for British non-fiction prize
John Vaillant
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Globe Climate: Going to court to combat climate change
People wait to enter a courthouse for a climate change trial in Helena, Mont., June 12, 2023. A group of youths has sued government leaders, accusing them of embracing fossil fuels in ways that are destroying the environment and robbing the futures of the state’s young residents. (Janie Osborne/The New York Times)
energy and resources
World is losing race to meet climate goals, president of COP28 summit says
COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber delivers his remarks during the Africa Climate Summit 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on September 5, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP) (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
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From Montana to Ontario, youth take to the courts as a last resort to combat climate change
Alex Neufeldt is one of seven plaintiffs suing the Ontario government for the Cancellation of Cap-and-Trade Act pose for a portrait August 26, 2023 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
canada
Climate change, trade ties top agenda as Trudeau attends summits in Asia
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to the Indo-Pacific region in an effort to strengthen relationships with Asian leaders. Trudeau speaks during a Liberal Party of Canada event in Vancouver, on Friday, August 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
opinion
Climate change, and a watershed moment for water use in British Columbia
The Editorial Board
international business
EU to seek COP28 deal on phasing out fossil fuels, according to draft document
FILE PHOTO: A view of the United Nations Climate Change Conference flags at the venue, in Bonn, Germany, June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo
world
Study finds direct link between greenhouse gas emissions and polar bear survival, scientists say
(FILES) A polar bear walks along the shoreline of the Hudson Bay looking for something to eat near, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, on August 9, 2022. Polar bears have long symbolized the dangers posed by climate change, as rising temperatures melt away the Arctic sea ice which they depend upon for survival. But quantifying the impact of a single oil well or coal power plant on the tundra predators had eluded scientists, until now. A new report published in the journal Science on August 31, 2023, shows it's possible to calculate how much new greenhouse gas emissions will increase the number of ice-free days in the bears' habitats, and how that in turn will affect the percentage of cubs that reach adulthood. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Conservatives dig in on message against carbon pricing while Liberals point to wildfires
Yellowknife resident Aidan Stiopu, who plans to shelter in place, fills jerry cans with gasoline as an evacuation order draws near, with wildfires threatening the Northwest Territories town of Yellowknife, Canada, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
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In a storied B.C. river, fish are dying in droves as climate change takes toll
**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before WEDNESDAY 12:01 A.M. ET AUG. 30, 2023. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** The Cowichan River, which saw hundreds of young salmon and trout die last month, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada on Aug. 14, 2023. The river, a renowned fly-fishing destination, is suffering from the effects of climate change, including a low water level and high water temperatures. (Alana Paterson/The New York Times)
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Meet the young Canadian farmers adapting agriculture to withstand climate change
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Protester arrested after paint splashed on Tom Thomson piece in National Gallery
A staff member speaks to another past a partition used to block off the room where a climate activist threw paint on artist Tom Thomson's "Northern River" painting, at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Climate advocacy group On2Ottawa announced one of their supporters threw paint on the work of art to demand that the government respond to the wildfire crisis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
As our forests burn, oil companies are doubling down on their old business models
John Vaillant