Current Problems: Environment
Exploring Theme: "Climate Change"
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November 1, 2024
Canada needs urgent action on health and climate change: Lancet report
NationTalk: In the latest report on Canada for the Lancet’s Countdown on health and climate change, authors call for urgent investment, increased infrastructure and additional personnel to meet current and future climate adaptation needs. Since 2015, the federal government has spent $6.6 billion on 70 climate change adaptation Opens in a new window actions. The report...
September 8, 2024
Warmer temperatures have put chinook salmon — and a way of life — in grave danger
But a fishing moratorium imposed by Canada and Alaska is netting small gains What On Earth – 25:29 Ghosts in their fishing nets (an Overheated story) Click own the following link to listen to “What on earth” and watch all the videos in this article on CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/overheated-chinook-salmon-1.7313494?cmp=newsletter_Evening%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1617_1709106 CBC News: At the home James MacDonald...
August 1, 2024
Water is Sacred conference discusses growing concerns with the water crisis in Canada
The event is being held on Kátł’odeeche First Nation until Saturday CBC Indigenous: The Water is Sacred conference is being held until Saturday on the Kátł’odeeche First Nation at the Chief Lamalice Complex, bringing together a diverse group of Indigenous leaders, environmental advocates, environmental experts and concerned citizens to address the growing water crisis in Canada. The...
July 17, 2024
First Nation in B.C. issues new wildfire evacuation orders
More than a dozen new fires have started across the province in the last 24 hours CBC News: The Cook’s Ferry Indian Band, north of Spences Bridge in the B.C. Interior, has issued an updated evacuation order for several reserves due to a pair of out-of-control fires. The band first issued an order Tuesday, which applied to Reserve 6 due...
June 8, 2024
B.C. looks into post-fire mushroom picking rush after First Nation reports conflicts
B.C. is not ruling out regulating wild mushroom picking after an Indigenous community said the areas devastated by the Lower East Adams Lake and Bush Creek wildfires last year are now sprouting large numbers of morel mushrooms, and attracting a large number of foragers. DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS PUBLISHED YESTERDAY, UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO The Globe and...
May 15, 2024
This First Nation in B.C. was ordered to leave in 2023 due to fires. 1 year later, it’s happened again
Doig River First Nation, northeast of Fort St. John, remains on evacuation order on Tuesday Akshay Kulkarni · CBC News · Posted: May 14, 2024 9:54 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 15 CBC Indigenous: Members of the Doig River First Nation remain out of their homes Tuesday due to a wildfire — almost one year after another nearby wildfire forced...
October 18, 2023
Climate change solutions need to keep Indigenous knowledge at centre of approach
“It all comes down to resources…Resources are very important to be able to do what we need to do to work together.” —interim National Chief Joanna Bernard AFN Quebec-Labrador Regional Chief Ghislain Picard Windspeaker.com:The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has released its National Climate Strategy and is calling on all levels of government to “make...
September 6, 2023
First Nations people say devastation from B.C. wildfires threatens cultural identity
Fires affecting access to traditional foods, medicines CBC News: Most of Mike McKenzie’s summers were spent hunting moose and deer out of his family’s camp near his community of Skeetchestn, near Kamloops, B.C. But it’s been a long time since McKenzie has done this. “It’s too dangerous,” said McKenzie, about record-breaking heat and longer, more intense fire seasons. ...
July 14, 2023
Wildfires are disproportionately harming Indigenous communities
CTV News: Canadian wildfires are disproportionately affecting Indigenous people at a greater rate than non-Indigenous Canadians, a recent report finds. The audit published in June by Indigenous Services Canada and authored by a Metis fire researcher, found that in the past 13 years, Indigenous communities had more than 1,300 wildfire-related emergencies leading to more than...
June 14, 2023
During the worst wildfire season this century, Indigenous communities need to consider their participation in resource extraction: says researcher
37 per cent of the total burned forest area in Western Canada and the United States between 1986 and 2021 can be traced back to 88 major fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers. ‘These fires are a culmination of ongoing resource extraction projects’ says climate researcher APTN News: In light of increasing extreme weather and...
March 21, 2023
Why BC Needs a Climate Fund for First Nations
COP27 created a global loss and damages fund. David Eby’s government should do the same. The Tyee: COP27 ended in November with a historic agreement to establish a “loss and damages” fund to address the impacts of climate change on the most vulnerable nations. Given the disasters B.C. has faced over the last couple of years, is...
October 13, 2022
‘Salmon are the heartbeat of our coast, our people, everything around us’
Coastal First Nations Community Storyteller Emilee Gilpin in conversation with Haíɫzaqv cultural leader and conservation manager Dúqva̓ísḷa, William Housty on Oct 11, 2022. Audio clips of the interview are included throughout the story. NationTalk: A shocking video of over 65,000 dead pink and chum salmon in Heiltsuk territory spread across social media last week and...
October 4, 2022
Put out wildfires before they begin with Indigenous fire stewardship
The Keremeos Creek wildfire southwest of Penticton, British Columbia on July 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Don Denton Canadian governments need to better engage with Indigenous fire stewardship to counter increased wildfire occurrence and severity Policy Options: by James Michael Collie, Hannah Verrips After the Keremeos Creek wildfire swept through the southern Interior of British Columbia in August,...
March 26, 2021
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
The AFN, based on direction from the Chiefs-in-Assembly, intervened in this case, as well as court cases in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta, arguing the Government of Canada has a direct legal obligation to recognize Aboriginal and Treaty rights in any legislative efforts to address climate change....
March 25, 2021
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
Westaway Law Group – The majority judges noted that climate change “has had particularly serious effects on Indigenous peoples, threatening the ability of Indigenous communities in Canada to sustain themselves and maintain their traditional ways of life.” [para 11] They also acknowledged that, “the effects of climate change are and will continue to be experienced...
March 25, 2021
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
Supreme Court finds that the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act 2018 is constitutional....
November 18, 2020
Climate Crisis and First Nations Right to Food
The Narwhal – Human Rights Watch released “My Fear is Losing Everything: Climate Crisis and First Nations’ Right to Food in Canada“. The report details how longer and more intense forest fire seasons, permafrost degradation, volatile weather patterns and increased levels of precipitation are all affecting wildlife habitat and, in turn, harvesting efforts. The report...
October 20, 2020
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
Toronto Star – The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) reserved judgement on whether the federal government’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act 2018 (GGPPA) is constitutional following hearings on September 22 and 23 with the United Chiefs and Councils of Mnidoo Mnising (UCCMM), along with the Anishinabek Nation (AN), granted intervener status. The GGPPA sets minimum...
July 15, 2020
Bill 17 Clean Energy Act ignores First Nations
The amendment of Bill 17, proposed in June, raises alarming concerns that the NDP government has no intention of honouring the principles of the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), despite proclaiming it to be a cornerstone of its mandate. Many of the UNDRIP principles speak to the importance of consent...
November 3, 2017
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Envronment must include Indigenous views
Assembly of First Nations – First Nations must be full participants in all meetings of Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) to ensure their voices are heard in environmental and climate change solutions. “Reconciliation has to include respect for our Elder’s traditional knowledge and our understanding of the lands and waters, the animals...
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