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Four members of the Canada Pension Plan accuse the fund of mismanaging climate risk
Finance
Young Canadians sue their pension fund for trivializing climate risks

Four members of the Canada Pension Plan have taken the fund to court for ignoring the long-term consequences of short-term investments

Ethiopia's ecological statecraft
Fall 2025Leadership
How a bid to plant 50 billion trees transformed Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative braids together the environment, economy and national identity into a new form of ecological statecraft

aerial firefighting
Cleantech
The fight against wildfires is getting increasingly high-tech

Experts say that AI-enabled technology is essential to controlling wildfires before they get too big to put out

smoke haze
Climate Crisis
Emerging research reveals stark health threats from wildfire smoke

There is no safe level of exposure to wildfire smoke, say researchers, amid growing evidence of the grave threat of wildfires to human health

Operation LENTUS
Climate CrisisComment
Canada is under attack by wildfires. It’s time to respond like it’s national defence.

OPINION | Equipment and personnel for fighting wildfires should be treated as core defence capabilities

CommentEnergy
Canada can quickly unlock much more corporate investment in renewables

OPINION | Power purchase agreements are essential, but they remain severely restricted across most of the country

Palisades Fire
Climate Crisis
Massive wildfires are forcing governments worldwide to budget more for disaster

A spate of record-setting blazes has compelled some countries to spend much more on fighting forest fires as the problem only gets worse

ClimateCommentFall 2025
Canada should include climate solutions in its defence spending 

OPINION | Spending on climate mitigation and adaptation should be included in NATO’s 5% target. That would accelerate the energy transition we need.

Groups ask Canada to increase wildfire spending
Climate
Canadian groups call for dramatic increase to wildfire defence funding

In a new campaign led by the Council for Clean Capitalism, leading national organizations are asking Ottawa for wildfire spending that matches the scale of the problem

Fall 2025Transportation
Ford’s new ‘Model T’ moment is all about EVs

The North American car manufacturer has launched a new production process it says will cut the cost of its EVs in half

CommentDecarbonization
Canada needs strong climate policy to be competitive in countries beyond the U.S.

OPINION | For a diversified trade strategy to succeed, Canada must pursue markets that are rapidly moving toward clean energy

Energy
OpenAI selects Argentina for its first data centre in Latin America

The massive facility would help position the country as an emerging AI hub, but the environmental impacts remain unclear

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