Will a Ban Cure the Plastics Problem? The federal government is on track to proceed with its ban of single-use plastics across Canada by the end of 2021, as part of its plan to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030. The items to be banned... Alanna Mackenzie
Climate Change: Liability Issues of Local Governments Regulatory Liability and the Defence of Due Diligence Adrienne Atherton & Kelsey Stuckert
What’s the Deal with the Paris Climate Agreement? When the Paris Agreement came into force in November 2016, it marked the start of a renaissance period for climate change policy, one that represents a global paradigm shift toward a lower-carbon... Selina Lee-Andersen
Please Keep Your Garbage Out of My Patch In recent months, ecotourism operators, working with Indigenous Nations, removed 130 tonnes of garbage from British Columbia’s coastline. This garbage consisted mainly of plastics. On October... Jennifer Griffith
Barriers to Climate Action in Municipalities Local governments bear the direct impacts of climate change and are faced with addressing their communities’ unique needs with limited resources and legislative authority. For example... Carrie Moffatt
A Changing Tide Protecting our common heritage to Earth’s oceans in the climate change era Maya Stano
The Need for a Canadian Climate Test For years, the question of whether a particular project’s greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions are at odds with Canada’s climate promises has plagued climate activists... Anna Johnston
Protecting Biodiversity Requires Paradigm Shift in Forestry Protecting the biodiversity of British Columbia’s forests, and managing those forests through impending climate change, will require more than ad hoc measures, such as cordoning off protected... Sean Jones
Microplastics and Climate Change Regulatory response to the current science Jessica Wilson & Karissa Kelln
Canadian and Foreign Climate Litigation Survey Canadian courts are hearing climate litigation across various legal areas. Foreign courts have already confronted several similar cases. Canada’s courts (like its governments) have been... Dustin Klaudt
What’s the Point of Climate Change Litigation? A common line of argument for defendants in climate change litigation is that any Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) emissions a particular defendant is responsible for is miniscule compared... David W L Wu
A Heads Up on Climate Accountability in BC By March 31, 2021, the BC government is required — by law — to establish “greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”) targets for individual sectors” of the BC economy... Matt Hulse & Julia Croome