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Caribbean countries are trapped in a vicious cycle of debt and climate disasters. Here's why
For the island countries of the Caribbean, the trail of destruction left by tropical storms extends to government debt — and their ability to borrow the money they need to rebuild and recover.
The next Trump presidency could alter global climate policy. Here's how
U.S. emissions could jump and the energy transition could take a major hit if the incoming Trump administration rolls back President Joe Biden’s climate policies, modelling analysis shows.
A balmy Halloween for Ontario, Quebec as October temperature records broken
Record-breaking temperatures are making many places in Ontario and Quebec feel more like summer. Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, London and a swath of other cities in the region are forecast to hit record highs for Oct. 31.
Cholera cases explode after extreme rains fuelled by climate change in west and central Africa
In west and central Africa, heavy rains and flooding show climate change is another thumb on a scale already weighed down by war and disease.
Is toilet paper a waste of Canada's boreal forest? Scorecard pushes greener choices
Toilet paper is a waste of Canada's boreal forest, a U.S. environmental advocacy group says. But more green options are hitting the market, the NRDC's latest report card finds. Will choosing them make a difference?
After a lull, hurricane season is set to come roaring back
This year’s hurricane season began ominously enough — with warnings from Canadian and U.S. forecasters that it was going to be rougher-than-normal season, and Hurricane Beryl plowing through the Caribbean as the earliest Category 5 storm in history.
Logging is the 3rd highest emitter in Canada. It should be measured that way, a new report says
If carbon emissions from logging were reported separately by the Canadian government, they would be the third highest emitting sector of the economy, behind only oil and gas production and transportation, according to a new report from several environmental groups.
Wildfires devastated Jasper. The soot and ash are putting Alberta's glaciers at risk, scientists warn
Alberta’s famed glaciers are shrinking every year as global temperatures soar. Now, scientists worry the soot and ash from wildfires like the one that devastated Jasper could speed the rate of glacial melt, endangering water resources and hydroelectric power generation.
Researchers say oxygen is being produced on the ocean floor. The mining company funding them isn't happy
The discovery of oxygen being produced on the ocean floor — apparently by ancient lumps of metal — has put the scientists behind the landmark study at odds with the Canada-based mining company that funded them.
We've had 12 months of record-breaking global heat. How close are we to passing the 1.5 C limit?
The past 12 months have all surpassed 1.5 C above pre-industrial average temperatures, according to a new warning from the Copernicus climate research program. That isn't the same as breaching the 1.5 C limit set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement, but it's a major alarm that we're close.