Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Qu’est-ce qui a mal tourné pour la baleine noire de l’Atlantique Nord?) The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) reached a turning point in 2017. Between June and September, 12 of the whales were found dead in… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Mesure conjointe pour la réduction des émissions de méthane : Le Canada et les États‑Unis) Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a well-known greenhouse gas. However, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada, methane’s impact as a warming… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : La chasse au phoque au Canada) In Canada, the seal harvest is managed by the federal government as a fishery and not, as is commonly believed, by provincial/territorial governments as a hunting activity. The Minister of… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Mise à jour – Changements climatiques : impacts sur les pêches et l’aquaculture canadiennes en mer) Climate change is increasingly challenging the sustainability of Canada’s $4.2-billion marine fisheries and aquaculture, two industries of particular economic and social… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes Disponible en français : Mise à jour – Le monarque : un emblème en péril The monarch butterfly, one of Canada’s iconic species, is facing an imminent risk of extinction. In 2016, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Species… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Partenariat transpacifique est-il équilibré pour le secteur agricole et agroalimentaire canadien?) On 5 November 2015, the Government of New Zealand released the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP brings together 12 countries,[1] including… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes (Disponible en français : Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques, Paris 2015) Despite over 20 years of annual UN climate change conferences, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Many hope that this year’s Conference of the Parties, known… Read More ›