This article was previously published in the Globe and Mail. Weeks of stifling, toxic smoke. Harrowing escapes from wildfires. Devastating floods. Deadly heat. This wasn’t just a one-off summer of ...

OTTAWA—New analysis of Canada’s current emissions trajectory finds the country is not expected to hit its 2030 emissions target before 2050, let alone achieve net zero emissions by then. Under today’s ...

OTTAWA—Rick Smith, President of the Canadian Climate Institute, made the following statement in response to the agreement between Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the federal government on the ...

Toronto—Ryan Ness, Director of Adaptation at the Canadian Climate Institute, made the following statement in response to the release of the federal government’s National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) ...

The federal government’s new retrofit program will reduce up-front costs for Canadians, drive electrification and energy ...

Canadian Climate Institute’s early analysis finds emissions are headed in the wrong direction, largely driven by an uptick in ...

Economies around the world are experiencing a surge of growth in demand for electricity, on a scale not seen in many countries since the 1970s. This is very good news, since deepening the use of ...

This article was previously published in the Toronto Star. Canada’s climate future continues to arrive faster than its defences. A scorching heat wave is bearing down on much of the country, with ...

Canada’s approach to data centres has high stakes for its climate commitments. With the right policies, data centres can be anchor tenants for the bigger, cleaner, smarter electricity grids that net ...

OTTAWA—Rick Smith, President of the Canadian Climate Institute, made the following statement in response to the Implementation Agreement for the Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understandingon industrial ...

OTTAWA— Rick Smith, President of the Canadian Climate Institute, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s 2026 Spring Economic Update: “Decarbonization is an enormous ...

While the world’s eyes were elsewhere, the European Union has made a quiet but consequential shift in climate policy. As part of setting a highly ambitious target—a 90 per cent reduction in emissions ...