By Riyana Karim-Hajiani Riyana Karim-Hajiani is a third-year undergraduate student of McGill University’s Department of Political Science where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Honours Arts. Riyana has joined the Climate Reality Project as the Community Climate Hub Research intern. She is heavily engaged in journalism where she advocates for social, political, and legal justice. She has always been passionate about the law and intends to tackle law school following her undergrad

April 22, 2021 The US announced its plan to cut emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, and the EU committed to cut theirs by 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. It is unacceptable that Canada has not promised to at least meet the same targets as our peers. Canada needs to reduce GHG emissions by 60% below 2005 levels by 2030. Today's decision to increase our target to 40% is insufficient. Here is what André-Yanne Parent, Executive director of The Climate Reality Pro

By Climate Reality India India faces an unprecedented crisis due to climate change impacts, a government assessment report revealed last month, presenting a grim analysis of observed changes and future projections of warming impacts including precipitation changes, temperature rise, droughts, sea level rise and extreme weather events. The Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region- A Report of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, is the first ever cli

By Sofia Vedechkina This blog post is a discussion on the National Climate League’s 2019 Standings, an initiative of the Community Climate Hubs. To download the 2019 Standings and learn more about which Canadian cities have the best cycling infrastructure, head to: bit.ly/CCH-NCL2019-DOWNLOAD. With Spring finally here, I’m sure a lot of you are impatiently waiting for cycling to pick right back up after some downtime this winter. But with this warmer weather also comes a grea

Saturday Spotlight Series Karel Mayrand is the President and CEO of the Foundation of Greater Montréal. Before that, he has been for twelve years Director General for Quebec and the Atlantic with the David Suzuki Foundation, and chair of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project in Canada. He is also Vice-President of the board of Société du Parc Jean-Drapeau. Karel is co-author of Demain, le Québec (Éditions La Presse, 2018), author of Une Voix pour la Terre (Boréal, 2012), co-autho