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Mark Carney has launched a sovereign wealth fund that's open to retail investors.
Finance
Mark Carney’s ‘people’s fund’ puts small investors on the front lines of economic defence

The Canada Strong Fund has strong patriotic appeal, but green investors may recoil from its inclusion of fossil fuel projects

ClimateSpring 2026
Europe’s green retreat risks damaging its own businesses

Cutting climate rules in the name of competitiveness threatens to undermine Europe’s domestic industries

Natural CapitalSpring 2026
Canada’s biggest sustainable forest label has a clear-cutting problem 

Environmental groups allege that a popular forest certification system built by industry amounts to greenwashing

"When I was a kid, David Suzuki’s The Nature of Things ran an episode on the decimation of the Amazon rainforest that filled me with wonder and a burning need to do something," writes Toby Heaps.
CommentSpring 2026
Publisher’s Note: Kermit was wrong

Humans are good at solving civilizational challenges, when the stakes are clear and the alternatives are good

EnergySpring 2026
The race for low-carbon energy is turning into a green cold war 

In a showdown of geopolitical brinksmanship, the fate of nations and the planet’s ecological future are at stake

Climate CrisisSpring 2026
The world is blowing past 1.5°C of warming. The reckoning has only just begun.

The world was supposed to keep warming below 1.5°C. That didn’t happen. What we do next is TBD.

CommentLeadership
Think concern for climate change is passé? Think again.

OPINION | For most people, climate change always comes roaring back as a top issue

Energy
Solar energy is taking off across Africa

Solar growth in Africa is accelerating, with demand for steady electricity and low-cost solar panels driving the surge

Battery recycling
Comment
Philanthropic capital could do much more to address Canada’s overlapping crises

OPINION | Foundations in Canada control $135 billion in endowments and could harness impact investing to benefit Canadians directly

Energy
States are overturning nuclear power bans amid energy crunch

Five states have lifted their moratoria against the controversial power supply and five more are thinking about it

sustainable finance taxonomy
Responsible Investing
A clash over natural gas is brewing as Canada readies more action on green investing

A key sustainable taxonomy tool to guard against investment greenwashing in Canada is finally in the works

CommentEnergySpring 2026
When we choose war, we cannibalize the solution

In a world of finite critical minerals, the war economy and the energy transition are competing for the same resources

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