International Security & War

This year’s Banking on Climate Chaos report shows a “new oligopoly” of a dozen banks responsible for nearly 40% of new fossil fuel financing. JPMorganChase is the “kingpin”, and the Royal Bank of Canada placed seventh on the list. Total fossil fuel financing since the 2015 Paris Agreement: US$8.7 billion.

Small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) developers in the United States may soon be granted access to weapons-grade plutonium to use as fuel, and “experts have concerns,” Energy Central reports.

Global clean energy, nuclear, grid, and energy efficiency investment will hold steady at US$2.2 trillion this year, while fossil fuel spending will tick up slightly from $1.1 to $1.2 trillion, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concludes in the latest edition of its annual World Energy Investment report.

Major Nordic financiers and some of Europe’s bigger political heavyweights are among the 127 investors, businesses, scientists, trade unions, think tanks, and non-governmental organizations cautioning the European Commission against opening the door to new fossil fuel extraction in the Arctic.

Speaking at the launch of the US$25-million initiative, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said it would support the government’s aim “to increase renewable energy share in Palestine to about 30% by 2030.” The need for greater energy independence is acute: Palestine currently depends on Israel for 87% of its power...

As peace talks drag on and the American-Israeli war against Iran enters its fourth month, environmental advocates are urging attention to yet another bitter consequence of dropping bombs on the world’s largest centre of fossil fuel production: ecosystem-ravaging oil slicks.

Rooftop solar proliferated across Syria as a 14-year civil war damaged the country's electricity systems, but stronger policies around solar power will be needed as the country rebuilds.

From spiking mortgage rates, to exposed pension funds, to Persian Gulf sovereign wealth funds contemplating how to extricate themselves from multi-billion-dollar renewable energy contracts, the American/Israeli war on Iran is sending seismic shocks through financial systems that are fundamental to the present and future wellbeing of hundreds of millions of...

It is undeniable that USAID programming around food aid provided a critical lifeline to millions of women, children, and families in severe nutritional deficits,” says Zia Mehrabi, a food security and climate change researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder. “Who in their right mind would retract healthcare and food...

Infectious disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent and damaging, countries’ capacity to recover from them is diminishing, and climate change is at the centre of the problem, conclude two international expert commissions that reported in tandem May 17 and 18.

After seeing nearly 100 countries post record electric vehicle sales in 2025, the International Energy Agency is projecting that global sales will approach 30% of all new vehicles this year, just as Canada posts a 75% surge in EV sales in March compared to the same month last year.

The minister responsible for energy and climate change solutions in British Columbia says four new wind farms will strengthen the province's energy sovereignty at a time of rising costs and uncertainty.

With even fossil-producing countries like Saudi Arabia, Norway, and the United Kingdom pursuing climate strategies and working to reduce emissions, the federal government will miss the “reality of the world we're in right now” if it dilutes its carbon pricing regime in response to “nonsense” arguments from the fossil fuel...

Ship operators rely on a sludgelike substance known as bunker fuel to keep vessels running. The Iran war 's closure of the Strait of Hormuz has choked off the supply of this fuel that powers the global maritime industry and its largest refuelling hub in Asia.

The controversial memorandum of understanding (MOU) on fossil fuel development between the federal and Alberta governments has undergone a dramatic metamorphosis, with the fossil companies it was meant to serve fighting hard to blow it up, while climate hawks who broadly opposed it try to preserve key elements of the...