Of the 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic produced since the 1950s, approximately 60% have filled landfills or polluted the environment including soils, rivers and oceans. To make matters worse, the

As the world ramps up to the next climate summit, COP-26, being held in Glasgow, Scotland, October 31st to November 12th, we are still a long way away from even approaching the aspirational Paris

Although peatlands only cover three percent of the Earth’s surface, they store five times more carbon than the Amazon rainforest and twice as much carbon as forests worldwide. Composed of a thick

In an open letter shared with The Guardian, the chief executives of eleven companies including Unilever and H&M, urge governments to take stronger action to protect biodiversity. The letter was

Not only is the City of Edmonton the first municipality in North America to commit to a carbon budget, but they’re also engaging with the public and mayors worldwide to take steps forward together for

Nine philanthropic foundations have pledged $5 billion to be doled out over the next 10 years to conservation efforts. The aim is to finance the protection of 30% of land and ocean by 2030 - one of

Canada’s second-largest pension fund, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has committed to fully divesting in oil by the end of 2022, as part of their new climate change strategy. With the

Last Friday, September 24, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to demand urgent action to tackle the climate crisis. Across 99 countries, protesters participated in the first global

One city in upstate New York has found a novel means to help decarbonize thousands of commercial and residential buildings. The City of Ithaca raised $100 million through private investors to help

The proliferation of misinformation and disinformation on social media are creating roadblocks for addressing various environmental issues. A recent report published by the Royal Swedish Academy of