Climate Change

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on his Liberal caucus to meet the moment on Friday, as Canadians deal with the high cost of living, a struggling health-care system and the effects of climate change.  In a 12-minute speech to MPs, Trudeau laid out the minority government's priorities for…

Climate change will make higher-elevation areas of Nepal suitable habitat for leopards, a new study shows.This is expected to push the big cats into increased conflict with humans and more competition with snow leopards.Most of the current and new habitat will fall outside protected areas, and the leopards’ preferred prey…

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A very warm start to the year wrought havoc for Europe’s skiing industry. Around half the slopes in France were forced to close due to lack of snow; winter sports competitions were cancelled; skiers were left clamouring for refunds. Over the New Year weekend, the Swiss Alps recorded their highest-ever…

Polling carried out before the floods showed that two-thirds of Nigerians had not heard of climate change Last year, flooding across Nigeria killed over 600 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more. Although climate change made this event more likely, the country’s leading presidential candidates have so far failed to…

This article is an excerpt from GreenBiz Group's 16th annual State of Green Business, which explores sustainable business trends to watch in 2023. Download the report here. "Climate change is the problem, but water is the messenger." So observes Jose Ignacio Galindo, co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Waterplan, an early-stage…

We need to learn fast on education qualityAustralia’s schools performance is not just disappointing, it is a disgrace (“Why our schools still lag in league tables”, January 24). Improvement is long overdue and governments at all levels and their senior education bureaucrats have much to answer for. David Gonski had…

EU President Ursula von der Leyen. Thierry Monasse/Getty Images The European Union's global humanitarian budget for 2023 is €1.7 billion (R31.7 billion).Climate change and wars have been identified as the drivers of Africa's humanitarian needs.The money will be chanelled through UN agencies and EU-linked aid organisations.Africa will take up almost…

This article is sponsored by Antenna Group.  Although I am unsure of the exact year, I remember attending a renewable energy conference in the mid-2000s. It had the feel of a millennialist religious movement, complete with prophecies of a messianic world. It wasn't the promise of wolves and lambs living…

But a close look at energy and emissions data around the world shows that there are a few bright spots of good news, and a lot of potential progress ahead.  For example, renewable sources make up a growing fraction of the energy supply, and they’re getting cheaper every year. Countries…