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Former minister McKenna says last minute COP26 talks typical of climate summits
Catherine McKenna, Canada's former minister of environment and climate change, says there is always a flurry of activity and long negotiations at the end of climate summits such as COP26 in Glasgow.
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Scientific advisers from around the world urge leaders to pursue more aggressive climate action
Mona Nemer, Canada's chief science adviser, and her international counterparts urge leaders at the COP26 climate summit to do more to advance collaboration on climate research.
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COP26 criticized for coal compromise
After weeks of negotiation, the final COP26 agreement compromised on a pledge to phase down coal power instead of phasing it out entirely, which critics say could hamper the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial...
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Barack Obama calls for climate action to save island nations
Former U.S. president Barack Obama has called on the UN climate conference in Glasgow to address the risks that island nations face from rising sea levels.
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Global food supply jeopardised by climate change
As COP26 continues in Scotland, the prospect of the world food supply being jeopardised by global warming has many experts worried.
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Science takes centre stage at COP26
As the COP26 climate summit moves from big announcements to nitty-gritty details, the focus on science could be the bridge between opposing sides of climate debates.
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Canada's chief science adviser signed an open letter that urges policies to limit global warming
Mona Nemer, Canada's chief science adviser, and other scientists around the world signed an open letter that outlines the drastic steps countries at COP26 need to take to combat a warming planet.
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Trudeau says Canada wanted a more ambitious climate plan at G20 summit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says progress was made at the G20 summit in Rome, but noted that Canada was among the countries that left wanting a more ambitious plan to tackle climate change.
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Trudeau touts progress on limiting global warming, reaches few firm commitments
The G20 summit in Rome has wrapped up with mixed reviews. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was progress on limiting global warming, but leaders only committed to hit carbon neutrality ‘by or around mid-century’ instead of a firm...
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World leaders lay out goals for COP26 climate summit
The COP26 climate summit has started in Glasgow, with world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, arriving for days of intense negotiations aimed at limiting global warming and the effects of climate change.
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Trudeau criticized for lack of action in COP26 promises
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out Canada’s promises to reduce emissions at the COP26 climate summit, but critics say emissions won’t be reduced enough without also reducing production in the energy sector.
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Activists doubt promises outlined at COP26 climate summit
Some world leaders pledged to meet targets set out during the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, but some activists doubt those promises will be achieved — especially without China at the table.
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More than 100 world leaders leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030
More than 100 global leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade as part of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
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Trudeau pushes for price on 60% of world's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has urged other countries to adopt carbon pricing as a way to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases. Currently, about 20 per cent of the world's carbon emissions are subject to pricing; Trudeau wants that...
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Remember Boaty McBoatface? British polar research ship ready for maiden voyage
The U.K.'s new polar research ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough, named after the famed British naturalist, completed basic sea trials and is tied up in Greenwich, England, to mark the start of the COP26 climate conference. The public...
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A Look Ahead at G20 Summit and COP26 on Addressing the Climate Crisis
World leaders will converge this weekend at the 2021 G20 Summit in Rome and the UN COP26 conference in Glasgow with the climate crisis on the agenda. Lord Adair Turner, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, joined Cheddar to...
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Small island nations turn to international court to make major polluters pay for climate change
"Small island states are the canary in the coal mine of climate catastrophe...they're tired of empty promises. And, they're going to invoke international law to obtain justice," says international lawyer Payam Akhavan, who represents the...
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What cities can do to combat climate change
Andrew Chang talks to three Canadian experts about how they're helping cities deal with the effects of climate change and the differences, big and small, that communities can make to reduce them.
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How cities can confront climate change
The National’s Andrew Chang talks to three experts working to help cities curb their climate impact and grow more resilient to a changing planet.
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Alberta teen among 6 COP26 delegates presenting global youth report
Océanne Kahanyshyn-Fontaine, 17, of Edmonton, is one of six young climate activists with Decarbonize Decolonize presenting a list of demands to global leaders at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.
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Climate change: where the federal parties stand
CBC News takes a look at where the party leaders stand on the issue of climate change heading into the federal election.
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COP26 urged to prioritise adaptation as climate emergency surges
More than 50 officials convening in Rotterdam call for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as ‘urgent’.
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The climate crisis made this summer's deadly floods in Europe 'up to 9 times more likely'
Scientists have found that floods as extreme as these are also very likely to happen again.
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US officials declare first-ever water shortage for Colorado River
Officials called on populations served by the river to reduce water usage starting next year.