Tag Archives: Environment
Here are the main points in the global biodiversity deal adopted at COP15 in Montreal
MONTREAL - Negotiators in Montreal have adopted a new agreement aimed at halting the destruction of nature and beginning to repair the damage. Here are six of the main commitments in the Kunming-Montr...
Dec 19, 2022
'Glaciers can't get a break': How climate change is affecting Canada's icy landscape
VANCOUVER - On a mountain high above the residents of Metro Vancouver, tucked inside a north-facing gully, the region's last remaining glacier is vanishing fast. The Coquitlam Glacier has survived 4,0...
Dec 19, 2022
Negotiators reach nature deal at COP15 despite objections from African countries
MONTREAL - Canada and nearly 200 other countries around the world now have eight years to set aside almost one-third of their land and marine territories for conservation under a landmark new biodiver...
Dec 19, 2022
COP15 negotiators heading towards a global nature deal, environment minister says
A global agreement to protect a significant percentage of the world's lands and waters will be reached by the time the COP15 nature convention ends on Monday, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault sa...
Dec 18, 2022
COP15 negotiators heading towards a global nature deal, environment minister says
MONTREAL - A global agreement to protect a significant percentage of the world's lands and waters will be reached by the time the COP15 nature convention ends on Monday, Environment Minister Steven Gu...
Dec 18, 2022
Feds, Northwest Territories to create Indigenous protected area for Great Bear Lake
MONTREAL - The federal government, the Northwest Territories and the Dln Got'n government signed off on a plan Saturday to create an Indigenous protected area around Great Bear Lake. The three governm...
Dec 17, 2022
COP15 nature negotiations racing to finish line but disagreements still plentiful
The draft text of a new agreement to protect nature from destructive human behaviour is still littered with disagreement with less than three days left on the official schedule of the COP15 talks in M...
Dec 17, 2022
Friendly rivals: with EV tensions in past, Canada poised to compete with biggest ally
WASHINGTON - Friends, partners, allies - and rivals. With cross-border auto tensions now in the rear-view mirror, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is talking about Canada's next big bilateral challenge: ...
Dec 17, 2022
Nature finance impasse deepens between developed, developing countries at COP15
MONTREAL - The Canadian government is promising another $255 million in nature conservation financing for developing countries as the impasse over funding at the COP15 nature talks in Montreal drags i...
Dec 16, 2022
Delegates at COP15 warned to dress warmly and bring extra socks as snowstorm looms
OTTAWA - If the weather outside is frightful, bring some extra socks and build a snowman. For most Canadians such advice ahead of a major winter storm is unnecessary. But for thousands of delegates at...
Dec 15, 2022