How climate change is reshaping Christmas, clothing made of apples and the weather that shaped 2024
That’s it for 2024, folks! We are preparing a few original stories for next year and hope that this newsletter will continue to deliver the very best of Canadian environmental reporting to you in the months to come. In the meantime, here is our selection of the best stories of the last few weeks. We wish you all a relaxing break!
Our selection of stories
November was a busy month for environmental discussions, featuring the COP conferences, a former environment minister sharing his perspective with the public, Indigenous-led agreements, ecological innovations, and proposed solutions.
COP29
● Faut-il réformer les conférences de l’ONU sur l’environnement?
Opinions
● As environment minister, I believed oil sands sector would help us save the planet. I was wrong
Indigenous perspectives
● $375M Indigenous-led conservation deal just signed in the Northwest Territories
Ecological innovations
Proposed solutions
● With more heat waves in our future, researchers say we need to look at clean cooling
Under scrutiny
● Canada is out of excuses. Europe slashes climate pollution while we flounder
Holiday season in the time of climate change
With the holiday season in full swing, have you ever considered how climate change is reshaping Christmas and the festivities that come with it?
● Des astuces pour un noel plus vert que rouge
● Christmas tree grower says changing climate brings 'more bad years than good years'
● Balsam fir trees 'at risk' in New Brunswick amid a changing climate
As the year comes to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on the environmental changes and challenges that shaped the past 12 months.
● Les 10 phénomènes météo marquants de 2024 ont mis tout le Canada à l'épreuve
Looking further back, 2023 also brought record-breaking events.
● We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures
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This month, the newsletter is signed by Claudia Beaudoin and Amélie Daoust-Boisvert. Brianna Losinger-Ross coordinated the publication. Editor-in-chief and editor is Amélie Daoust-Boisvert.
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