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Labour MP Malcolm Paul Agius Galea has criticised the choice of the United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s largest oil producers, as host of this year’s COP28 climate change summit.

“The UAE economy relies on oil, a fossil fuel, which creates toxic gases that escalate climate change,” Agius Galea said in Parliament this week.

He said it was very ironic that Sultan al-Jaber, chief executive of the UAE’s state-oil firm Adnoc, was chosen as president of COP28.

“His role clashes significantly with his role at COP28; it was quite annoying and there was a lot of resistance to it,” he said.

“A few days ago, he slipped up big time when he said he wants to use the money they are generating to contribute to combating climate change. When I hear such things, I shake my head…

ClimateActionWR, a group of local organizations and community members focused on climate change mitigation, is putting on a workshop at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. to spur conversation around how residents can impact the environment through food choices.

“Let’s Talk About Food” features a variety of guest speakers that will discuss topics such as the connection between food systems and climate change, challenges the community faces with sustainable food choices, climate change, food equity and Indigenous communities, the connection between people and creating resilient food systems and how to make climate smart food choices.

The session is being run in a hybrid model. As people register, they can choose to attend in-person or…

Throughout the last century, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), comprising Arab States in the region, has been helping meet the world’s voracious appetite for energy through the supply of fossil fuels. Hundreds of millions of barrels of oil have helped the world move forward, though this has come at a cost. 

The GCC region has an acute understanding of the need to start working towards alternatives to the carbon-heavy fuels of yesterday as well as starting the revolution to pull down gigatonnes of carbon (CO2) that have already made their way into the atmosphere. 

Hosting COP28 is just a small indication of the region’s leadership and appetite for taking the proverbial climate bull by the horns and starting to wrestle it down into the ground. 

Those who have stepped…

Workshops to help youth navigate complex emotions are taking place in wildfire-ravaged areas in the B.C. Interior.

Be the Change Earth Alliance has announced new CARE (Climate, Action, Resilience and Emotions) programs with accompanying workshops aimed at B.C. students, teachers, and communities affected by wildfires.

The Vancouver-based organization is working in collaboration with UBC’s Climate Hub to offer the series of workshops, focusing on navigating difficult emotions induced by climate change and fostering resilience and action, reads a media release.

Three school districts, #73 Kamloops-Thompson, #74 Gold Trail and #83 North Okanagan Shuswap, will have the program on offer,…

Eco-friendly web hosting provider Krystal has announced details of its ‘1 billion tree pledge’ to help mitigate the ongoing climate catastrophe, with a goal to protect and plant 1 billion trees by 2030. The pledge target of 1 billion will be reached through a combination of conserving existing trees, restoring degraded forests, and planting new trees.

Krystal’s commitment comes as part of the global 1t.org initiative, a programme to mobilize the private sector and accelerate nature-based solutions in support of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Krystal aims to use this pledge to raise awareness of environmental sustainability. Having planted over 1 million trees this year Krystal has pledged to plant 10 trees on behalf of each of its 37,082 clients in order to…