Planetary limits: why Canada’s next nation-building project must be grounded in reality

We have already crossed seven of the nine planetary boundaries scientists have identified that together maintain global stability.

Last fall, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the global commitment to 1.5 C is at risk of ‘collapsing,’ and called for a renewed global response, write Sen. Rosa Galvez, Trevor Hancock, and Courtney Howard. Photograph courtesy of UN Climate Change-Kiara Worth/Flickr

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, TREVOR HANCOCK, COURTNEY HOWARD

January 19, 2026

Concern about climate change is rightly growing. New research reveals that governments still intend to produce more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warmi...

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