By John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
With a plan to eventually deliver promised international climate financing now complete, Canada’s newly minted Climate Minister Steven Guilbeault is “cautiously optimistic” about the success of upcoming United Nations talks in Glasgow, he said at a press conference Friday.
Continue reading Hopes of climate success at COP26 fuels Canada’s new environment ministerAs the world prepares for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to open in Glasgow, on October 31st, it is also absorbing the news that no matter what we do global temperatures will continue to rise until 2050.
Continue reading COP 26: Time is running out!By John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ahead of a major UN climate conference, the World Health Organization is making a desperate plea to world leaders to phase out fossil fuels to help save millions of lives around the globe.
In a special report, the world’s leading health organization is echoing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest study, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said must sound a “death knell” for fossil fuels “before they destroy our planet.”
“Extreme heat, floods, droughts, increasingly frequent wildfires and hurricanes; the events of 2021 have broken many records,” wrote Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, in the report’s foreword.
Continue reading WHO urges world leaders to phase out fossil fuelsNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Environment and culture activist Severn Cullis-Suzuki is taking up the reins as executive director at the renowned environmental organization — the David Suzuki Foundation — just as the globe reaches the critical juncture for action to stem the worst outcomes of the climate emergency.
Continue reading ‘We know it’s possible’: Severn Cullis-Suzuki sees road map for climate response in CanadaBy John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As the planet slides into an era of climate breakdown, oil and gas industry groups and climate advocacy organizations in Canada are squaring off to shape the federal government’s just transition strategy.
Continue reading Transition to a low carbon future: Industry and climate groups face off
