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The top UN court sets a December date for the start of hearings in a landmark climate change case
FILE - Seats of the judges at the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
alberta
Western fires blanket the Prairies with heavy smoke, raising air-quality index to highest level in major cities
People walk by the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Sask., as wildfire smoke blankets the city on Thursday, August 15, 2024.
opinion
With constant fires and floods, housing in Canada could become even more unaffordable
Don Iveson and Rob Wesseling
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Extreme weather drives travelers to cooler destinations this summer
FILE PHOTO: Travellers walk with their suitcases at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing, China April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
opinion
The Taliban’s opium ban is working. But it could all still fall apart
Ruchi Kumar
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Canada’s 2023 wildfires released almost 10 years worth of carbon dioxide in one of the world’s worst fire seasons, report finds
A wildfire burns in northern Manitoba near near Flin Flon, as seen from a helicopter surveying the situation, May 14, 2024. A northern Manitoba First Nation is being evacuated as a nearby wildfire threatens to edge closer to the community because of wind. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
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Death Valley’s scorching heat kills second man this summer
This image provided by the National Park Service shows a car owned by Peter Hayes Robino of Duarte, who drove off a 20-foot embankment at the edge of the parking lot at Death Valley National Park, on Aug. 1, 2024, and died of hyperthermia, or overheating. (National Park Service via AP)
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Climate change intensified rain that caused deadly Indian landslides, study finds
FILE PHOTO: Rescuers work as a rescue operation is underway after landslides hit Chooralmala in Wayanad district in the southern state of Kerala, India, August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
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B.C. to provide funding as the province’s fruit growers face crisis
Joe Ciaramella of CC Orchards examines a cherry tree at his cherry orchard in Naramata, B.C., on Aug. 13, 2024. (Aaron Hemens/The Globe and Mail)�
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Crews battle scattered wildfires in Athens suburbs as calmer winds aid containment
Burned vehicles are parked in Nea Penteli suburb of Athens, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, following a major wildfire that has burned into the northern suburbs of the Greek capital. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
opinion
Vancouver narrowly dodged a fire disaster. But nowhere is truly safe
John Vaillant
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More than 47,000 people died in Europe last year because of heat, report says
FILE PHOTO: People enjoy sun at the beach as Balkan coast records unusually high temperatures for April, reaching 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) in Sutomore, Montenegro, April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic/File Photo
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: Water scarcity in Western Canada
A landscape view of Merritt, B.C., on May 15, 2024. (Aaron Hemens/The Globe and Mail)
report on business
From farm to table: How extreme weather affects prices along Canada’s food supply chain
A head of wheat is silhouetted by the sun in a wheat crop near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to CanadaÕs food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Toronto advocacy group pushes for maximum temperature bylaw for tenants living without air conditioning
Environment Canada says a heat wave descending on parts of Ontario this week is expected to bring dangerously high temperatures. A man carries a case of water bottles between the high rises of St. James Town in Toronto, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Drop in winds offers hope as Greek firefighters battle wildfire scorching fringes of Athens
Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire burning in Grammatiko, near Athens, Greece, August 12, 2024. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
newsletter
Morning Update: Western Canada’s battle for fresh water
A landscape view of Merritt, B.C., on May 15, 2024. (Aaron Hemens/The Globe and Mail)
opinion
Wildfires foreshadow the looming crisis of internal displacement
Ali Bhagat
world
People flee wildfire near Athens as it spreads ‘like lightning’
A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop as a wildfire burns in the village of Varnava, near Athens, Greece, August 11, 2024. Kostas Tzoumas/Eurokinissi via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. GREECE OUT. NO EDITORIAL OR COMMERCIAL SALES IN GREECE.
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Years of drought in Alberta and B.C. pushing freshwater supply into uncharted territory
A landscape view of Merritt, B.C., on May 15, 2024. (Aaron Hemens/The Globe and Mail)
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