Tag Archives: COP 26 (Glasgow)

Forests

What is ecocide, and why does it matter?

By Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Jamie Hunter has just returned from defying a court injunction to protect old-growth forest in Fairy Creek and is going to Glasgow next month to push for a major change to international law that would provide another tool against environmental degradation.

The 21-year-old from Nelson, B.C., sees the actions as two fronts of the same battle to confront forces otherwise damaging the planet and imperiling its inhabitants.

“To me, Stop Ecocide is a really tangible solution,” said the co-founder of its Canadian chapter. “Obviously, it’s not the only solution, but it’s a big piece of the puzzle because it really says that causing this damage to the environment is not OK.”

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Cost of Climate Change

Transition to a low carbon future: Industry and climate groups face off

By 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.

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Cost of Climate Change, Youth

Youth4Climate: hundreds of young people hand over demands in advance of COP26

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.

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Cost of Climate Change, Youth

Canadian delegates worry some voices ‘weren’t heard’ at youth climate conference

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.

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Cost of Climate Change

Canadian media needs to pay more attention to the climate crisis, Sean Holman says

National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Climate change is the largest and most impactful story on the globe, yet Canadian media in particular has done an inadequate job in covering the issue, one expert says.

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