A Canadian forest landscape with snow-dusted evergreens in the foreground fading into thawed, darker ground under a hazy blue-gray sky, suggesting a warming planet.

What Is Causing Climate Change: The Science Behind Our Warming Planet

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The question of what is causing climate change has a clear answer rooted in decades of scientific research: human activities are fundamentally altering Earth’s atmosphere at an unprecedented rate. Since the mid-1800s, we’ve pumped over 1.5 trillion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels, clearing forests, […]

A climate monitoring weather station with instruments and cables in a snowy Arctic environment under a bright overcast sky.

How Is Climate Measured? Inside Canada’s System for Tracking Environmental Change

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Every day, thousands of sensors across Canada quietly collect data that shapes our understanding of climate change. From weather stations perched on Arctic ice to satellites orbiting overhead, these instruments form an intricate network that tracks temperature, precipitation, greenhouse gas concentrations, and atmospheric conditions with remarkable precision. Canada’s approach to […]

An Indigenous woman holds and plants a sapling at the boreal forest edge with wind turbines softly visible in the distant background.

How Canada Is Turning Climate Commitments Into Action This World Environment Day

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Every year on June 5th, over 150 countries pause to recognize World Environment Day, the United Nations’ flagship initiative for environmental action. Since 1973, this global observance has mobilized millions of people to confront our planet’s most pressing ecological challenges. But what began as a symbolic gesture has evolved into […]

What Is Sustainable Design – Concept & Principles

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Sustainable design is the new rave for building design that’s gaining fast acceptance across the world. It adheres to certain basic objectives, sustainable design principles, and operational and maintenance practices and promotes environmental sustainability. Sustainable design also comes with numerous benefits – it improves building performance, enhances the comfort and […]

Canadian Companies Unite Toward Faster Recovery

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COVID-19 has brought an unsuspecting tsunami of problems to all nations. The people’s way of life suddenly changed within just a matter of days, and the most likely issue, aside from survival, is recovery. On that note, Canada’s efforts on recovering from the ongoing pandemic remain to be resiliently aligning […]

Canada’s Ways to “Build Back Better”

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COVID-19 sure did quite a damage to the world economy, and it is likely to continue to do more for some time. As for Canada, instead of “band-aid” solutions, a more forward-thinking approach is applied. Sustainability Canada is looking to push the country towards the economy it deserves – a […]

Businesses Aligned to Climate Goals Have Federal Support

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The policy director of Clean Energy Canada, Sarah Petrevan, had given a statement regarding the announcement of the prime minister about the new path to financing measures supporting mid-scale and large-scale Canadian businesses. It includes the requirement of developing strategies to continuously meeting the climate and clean energy goals. According […]