Trump’s Win, Harris’ Loss, Could Offer Clues About How to Galvanize Support for Climate Action

• Analysis
• December 2, 2024

He was a felon with multiple criminal convictions, and they voted for him anyway. He prompted an angry mob to attack the Capitol and was described by his former Chief of Staff as having “fascist tendencies”, but …

Make COPs Sane Again: Towards a More Climate-Conscious Climate Conference

• Analysis
• December 5, 2023

As nearly 100,000 delegates descend upon Dubai for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s annual Conference of the Parties (COP), a fundamental question arises: What is a COP for? Here I argue that – while some good things are …

Is Global Warming Accelerating? A Terrifying Scientific Debate with No Easy Policy Options

• Analysis
• October 11, 2023

Unless you’ve been living underneath a rock, you will have heard that global average temperatures were shattered this summer. July and August were the hottest months ever recorded (since record-keeping began in 1850), and September 2023 was orders of …

COP27: How Ambitious Climate Action Can Help Dig Us Out of The Global Polycrisis

• Analysis
• November 7, 2022

The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has just begun in Egypt. As the conference’s President-Designate, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, recently wrote, the meeting is being held “at …

“C” is for climate platform: Grading the major national parties’ climate plan

• Analysis
• September 17, 2021

This summer may mark a potential turning point in Canada’s collective climate consciousness: In June, the country witnessed an unprecedented “heat dome” in the Western half of the country. The town of Lytton, BC, hit 49.6°C, completely shattering the country’s …

The Methane Mitigation Opportunity (Or, How to Avoid an Additional 0.3°C of Global Warming by Mid-Century)

• Analysis
• July 15, 2021

A recent high-level report on global methane emissions has found that the world could reduce the expected warming of Earth by 0.3°C through a combination of specific policy interventions. The Government of Canada should seize the opportunity by rallying the …

Biden’s Redirection of the US Climate File Brings a Sigh of Relief for Environmentalists

• Analysis
• May 17, 2021

You’re pushing a boulder up a steep hill when suddenly you lose your footing and get knocked back a few steps. Just getting back to where you were already will feel like a significant accomplishment. 

This is what the Biden …

Ten Years on from Fukushima: Are We Asking the Right Questions about Nuclear Energy?

• Analysis
• March 15, 2021

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami originating near Tōhoku, Japan, caused inordinate damage to communities across Japan’s Eastern coastline. It also triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daīchi Nuclear Power Plant.

Today – a decade later – the …