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
After Catherine McKenna’s six years as minister, she’s stepping out of politics to refocus her efforts on fighting climate change on a global scale. As McKenna told The Narwhal, “The whole world needs
Given the dire warnings from the latest IPCC assessment released August 2021, this article published by The Guardian on climate delay is even more timely.
In a pilot program conducted from 2015 to 2019, Iceland witnessed the successes of a 4-day workweek. According to the report released in June 2021, project participants “enjoyed greater well-being
Until now, policies have predominantly addressed biodiversity loss and the climate crisis separately. In a recent collaboration between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Crisis (IPCC) and the Int
An urban forest in Burnaby, B.C. filled with 1,308 old trees is the focal point for Emily Carr University’s Branching Songs project. Equipped with audio and video recording technology, the researchers