Canada’s climate change plans can be more effective if we work with nature

As we face the accelerating climate crisis, the imperative to move away from fossil fuels is urgent, but so too are nature-based climate solutions. It’s not 'either/or.' We need 'both/and,' and as quickly as possible.
Mature forests and plants bring rain and maintain small water cycles. The water vapour sent skyward by forests and wetlands condenses and falls as rain, nurturing life and replenishing soil moisture and underground aquifers, write Elizabeth May and Lynn Jones.

Recent research tells us that nature offers powerful mechanisms to reverse the climate crisis. Consider that a stable climate on planet Earth is largely maintained by living bein...

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