Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Government Relations has released a Saskatchewan Flood and Natural Hazard Risk Assessment that provincial and local officials can use as an initial…
The Mayor of the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Jack Crompton, has written a letter to Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNR) asking that it bear more…
A study conducted by Professor Ashish Sharma at Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney explains that drying soils are at the root…
Saskatchewan’s Environment Minister Dustin Duncan has announced a new Climate Resilience Measurement Framework to help measure resilience to climate change within the province. The framework…
The Government of Ontario has released its new environment plan, which outlines its intentions to improve water quality and manage climate change. “This plan strikes…
The University of Saskatchewan (USask) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will strengthen the country’s commitment to…
A research project examining how coastal communities can deal with the impacts of climate change will formally launch in the Town of Lincoln, Ontario this…
Canada will work with the international community to build resilience to climate change in the Pacific region. Announced by Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the…
The Global Center on Adaptation will act as a managing partner to support the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), an international partnership of countries that serves…
The District of Saanich is helping drive engagement with its new Climate Plan by facilitating free public workshops on November 29th and December 1st, raising…
A new document, Climate Change and Asset Management – A Sustainable Service Delivery Primer, provides guidance to B.C. communities in maintaining essential public services. Developed…
Yesterday, Canada and China signed a memorandum of understanding on climate change cooperation. The MOU was signed by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change…
Canada is soliciting proposals from independent experts to establish an arm’s-length, policy-oriented organization on clean growth and climate change. Announced by the Minister of Environment…
Colwood, B.C. has been selected along with seven other communities to participate in an Island-wide collaborative project to help communities understand how a changing climate…
Columbia Engineering researchers have demonstrated that stormwater runoff extremes have been dramatically increasing in response to climate change and other anthropogenic changes to the environment.…
Yesterday, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Catherine McKenna, formally announced Canada’s participation in…
The Government of Yukon, Yukon First Nations, transboundary Indigenous groups, and local municipalities are launching a public engagement process to seek direction on climate change,…
The Government of Ontario has undertaken public consultation on how to best tackle environmental challenges following its cancellation of the previous government’s cap-and-trade policy. “We…
Yesterday, the federal government announced support for 58 EcoAction Community Funding Programs to help support local action on climate change and water conservation. Announced by…
The IPCC report doesn’t reveal anything we didn’t already expect if we failed to meet global carbon dioxide reductions targets. A fair reading of the…
With the release of the latest special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday, scientists’ warnings about the impacts of unmitigated…
Local governments across Canada are focusing on sustainable service delivery—delivering core municipal services in a reliable and cost effective manner in the face of increased…
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) first vice president Bill Karsten issued a statement on September 27th following FCM’s appearance before the Standing Committee on Finance…
Ahead of 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the Parties have released a report on the…