Water way
Relations between the U.S. and Mexico may be at the lowest point in decades, but the two countries nevertheless managed to strike a nine-year conservation agreement in September regarding joint...
View ArticleCapital markets and fishing
Over the past five years, the terms “unburnable carbon” and “carbon budget” have become permanent fixtures in the global climate change dialogue, popularized by the efforts of a U.K. organization...
View ArticleWater woes
A version of this article first appeared on the Climate News Network Water scarcity is now a real threat in two developing countries at the forefront of efforts to reduce climate change, India and...
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From bait to plate
In a significant development for global fisheries, blockchain technology is now being used to improve tuna traceability to help stop illegal and unsustainable fishing practices in the Pacific Islands...
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Wind energy and the Great Lakes
It’s been eight years since a public–private partnership — the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) — was formed in northern Ohio to attract an offshore wind energy developer to the North...
View ArticleLosing mass
Brainstorming unorthodox solutions for “recharging” Lake Chad was on the agenda at the International Conference on Lake Chad (ICLC) hosted by Nigeria in February. The West African lake, once the fourth...
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Before the storm
For a growing number of Canadians who have experienced basement flooding, they describe it using remarkably similar language – you would not wish it upon your worst enemy. As foreboding as this sounds,...
View ArticleWithout a healthy blue economy there will be no green recovery
“It cannot be free to pollute.” “The Government will ban harmful single-use plastics.” These were encouraging words from Canada’s Speech from the Throne on September 23. And rightly so, the speech...
View ArticleRefreshing Canada’s definition of the blue economy
In Canada and around the world, “building back better” has become the overarching focus of COVID-19 recovery. Eager to be included in this rebuilding process, Canada’s freshwater and ocean sectors have...
View ArticlePrince Charles, Matt Damon call for wave of investment in water crisis
Natural disasters are occurring with increased ferocity around the world. But for communities living in extreme poverty, the climate crisis only exacerbates the struggle to access enough clean water to...
View ArticleWater will be a critical piece of Canada’s net-zero puzzle
Water isn’t something most people think of when they consider the idea of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but treating water for use in our homes and businesses comes with a significant carbon...
View ArticleHow flowing water will help Canada raise the bar on electrification
It was a defining moment. Leaders from more than 190 countries assembled in Scotland yesterday, along with thousands of supporting ministers, senior advisors and negotiators. UN Secretary General...
View ArticleNature’s day in court
A whitewater rafting expedition on the Magpie River in Quebec begins with a 14-hour drive by car from Montreal, followed by a floatplane ride that deposits you somewhere along the 300-kilometre-long...
View ArticleHow letting water be water can lead to better climate resilience
This is an edited excerpt from Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge by Erica Gies, copyright © University of Chicago Press, 2022. Learn more at slowwater.world. Epic flooding has...
View ArticleShould the ocean have the same rights as people?
Lisbon sits at the mouth of the Tagus River where it flows into the Atlantic. This confluence of waters welcomed thousands of people in June, who gathered in the Portuguese capital’s Altice Arena for...
View ArticleWhat if kelp forests can save the oceans?
Floridians are bracing for an unwanted visitor this summer: sargassum. A 5,000-mile-long island of this rootless seaweed is floating around the Atlantic, and large swathes of it are expected to wash...
View ArticleResearch links river poisoned by paper mill to First Nations youth suicide...
One of the clearest examples of environmental racism in Canada came into starker view this week with evidence that links mercury contamination from a pulp and paper mill to the high rate of attempted...
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