By Cloe Logan and Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
World leaders have met annually since 1995 to talk about climate change, and this year, they finally asked young people ahead of time about ways to create jobs in renewable energy, push countries to prioritize low-carbon action, and how to get climate justice.
Continue reading Youth4Climate: hundreds of young people hand over demands in advance of COP26By John Woodside, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Students at Simon Fraser University are threatening the school with a hunger strike until it commits to a full divestment of fossil fuels by 2025.
Continue reading When it comes to climate, SFU students have had enough ‘bold claims and buzzwords’By Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It was meant to matter, this time.
After 25 years of adults trying to work out how to do it right, the Youth4Climate summit in Milan, Italy, which gathered some 400 young people from across the globe to discuss the climate crisis last week, was meant to be different.
Continue reading Canadian delegates worry some voices ‘weren’t heard’ at youth climate conferenceBy Abby Francis, qathet Living, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Asurprising number of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous women in this region have had breast cancer.
Continue reading High number of Breast Cancer cases, especially among Indigenous womenBy John Woodside, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson doesn’t know if he’ll continue to serve in the role just yet, but with COP26 in arm’s reach, his portfolio may be the most significant of any cabinet member.
Speaking with reporters Friday from a pre-COP meeting in Milan, Wilkinson said Canada’s focus in the lead-up to COP26 is closing the gap on the US$100 billion worth of climate financing per year rich countries promised developing ones over a decade ago at COP15.
Continue reading Success of COP26 hinges on whether climate financing scales up
