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The Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW) takes centre stage today as it convenes regional stakeholders to showcase climate action, encourage heightened ambition, and build regional…

Montreal has introduced a ban on gas connections in smaller new buildings that will only eliminate 400 tonnes of climate pollution per year, but is meant to set the direction for bigger savings.

A Vancouver organization with a 70-year history of delivering affordable housing for people who need it is renovating two decades-old seniors housing buildings to the Passive House energy efficiency…

Nearly a hundred years after it was built for people seeking spiritual nourishment, a small church house near Quebec City is being transformed to help put actual food on the community table. A…

A respected advisory group of scientists and doctors in the United States has compiled more than 80 recommendations to accelerate the “essential and possible” task of decarbonizing the entire country…

Urban development around the world is expanding into flood-prone areas, notably in countries facing “trade-offs between economic opportunities and disaster risk,” a new study concludes.

The world’s electricity systems could dump an extra 58 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere between 2030 and 2050 unless countries double their grid renewal investments to more than…

At least 30% of emissions produced by the cement industry could be eliminated right now with established technologies, but greening the sector completely calls for ambitious action on both the supply…

Physical challenges and high costs remain significant obstacles to getting climate-friendly heat pumps into commercial buildings, according to some of the suppliers working on the problem.

A veteran U.S. energy consultant and attorney is accusing the nascent carbon capture and storage (CCUS) industry of hypocrisy, after an industry report last week warned the technology won’t be able…

A leading climate and energy analyst is out with a 21-part fact-checker to counter the most common myths about electric vehicles. EVs “significantly cut lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions in almost…

As public health experts compile thousands of papers with “damning evidence” linking fracking with health harms, fossil fuel groups are working to undermine the research by arguing that not all of it…

Countries from the global south take the most action to improve air quality in their climate plans, while some of the world’s biggest carbon-emitting economies lack that vision, concludes a recent…

While the United States rolls out hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy funding through the Inflation Reduction Act, Canada’s initiatives are a mess, says climate and energy analyst Chris…

Focused pilot programs and supportive policies will enable Ontario to transition its fleet of more than 20,000 school buses from diesel to electric power for big environmental gains, healthier and…

Kenyan and Rwandan startups are invited to apply for the Smart Cities Innovation Programme (SCIP) aimed at quickly scaling solutions shaping the future of urban living in Africa. Run by Westerwelle…

Malawi has made its first successful large-scale harvest of wheat after years of attempts to find a variety of grain suitable for its soil. Wheat farming is seen as a solution to mitigate the impact…

WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA —  European Union and Namibian officials hold a business forum this week in Brussels on developing the country’s nascent “green hydrogen” sector. Critics describe this green…

Authorities say more than 1,300 sub-Saharan African migrants reached Spain’s Canary Islands, a seven-island Atlantic archipelago, this weekend. One vessel carried a record 321 people. Another…

The Nigerian government has won a case in a British Court that has overturned an $11bn (£9bn) arbitration award made to a firm following a dispute over a failed gas deal.