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There are a lot of questions, ideas and emotions about climate change. Whether you feel scared, curious or overwhelmed, What On Earth hears you. Laura Lynch explores your experiences, grappl...
Nations gathered in Colombia to chart a path to a cleaner future. Many say this ‘coalition of the willing’ could speed the transition away f...
She became famous for her work that said trees communicate through a forest web. But Suzanne Simard’s research also faced backlash. Not only...
After a year in office, climate minister Julie Dabrusin says she’s proud of her record. But critics say more pipelines, less progress on emi...
Coral reefs support marine life — and livelihoods. But bleaching caused by warming oceans is putting both under threat. Fishing communities...
Climate change is melting away winter, but a new documentary summons the magic of the most Canadian of frozen delights: the outdoor skating...
And Beth Gardiner says industry hopes you won’t notice. So what does it take to fight back? That’s the number one question the journalist as...
“What’s there to worry about?” That’s what Alberta rancher Teresa Patry thought when her family agreed to oil wells on their property. But t...
From the Best of What On Earth – Don’t have a garden? Adopt a roundabout and plant things for the bees! We meet a TikToker who’s done just t...
Canada faces a climate conundrum when it comes to the military. To maintain northern sovereignty, defence needs to adapt quickly to the warm...
Flying emits a ton of greenhouse gases. So what's a climate-conscious traveler to do? What On Earth's climate justice columnist Chúk Odenigb...
Pop quiz! Who were the world's very first treehuggers? Story producer Jennifer Wilson hated history class, but she’s giving it another chanc...
Seafarers of old saw kelp as a danger, marking it on maps to avoid it. Today those maps are helping to restore kelp as a friend of the clima...
Methane gas is the shortest lived, but most potent greenhouse gas. We hear from those who say reining in methane is needed to protect the cl...
A 3,700-year-old buried log still holding the carbon it had pulled from the air sparked a radical idea: bury dead trees before they release...
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil trade, rattling global markets. Prices could remain high the longer the U.S. and Israe...
A coffee farmer shares the raw reality: climate change is shifting the world’s "bean belt". CBC’s Anand Ram and Inayat Singh introduce us to...
Is it too late to stop climate change? Not according to data scientist Hannah Ritchie. We dive into her new book, “Clearing the Air,” where...
From the Best of What On Earth - Canada's oil and gas companies are hoping carbon capture and storage will be a big part of the country’s ne...
Country star Corb Lund should be rehearsing for back-to-back tours. Instead, he’s wading deeper into the debate over coal exploration and de...
Nature gives us joy, wonder, and beauty. It also brings big bucks. Trillions of dollars, according to the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Soci...
Clues to Earth’s climate future lie buried in the ancient ice sheet covering Greenland. Climate scientists have been working for decades to...
Canada recently switched its approach to electric vehicles. But what impact do EVs really have on the world around us? Cleaner air? Less noi...
Immigration raids and protests have dominated U.S. news lately. And one L.A.-based environmentalist says migration, climate and the federal...
Penguins are tougher than you think — and they’re adapting to climate change in ways you may not expect. Researchers are keeping a close eye...
Nearly 100 per cent of Norway’s new car sales last year were electric. That was achieved without a ban on gas-powered vehicles. As Canada sc...
We hear you. Plastic is “upsetting, confusing, enraging.” But Judith Enck says there’s hope. The Beyond Plastics founder says people and pol...
Mark Carney’s plan to shrink the civil service means slashing more than 800 jobs at Environment and Climate Change Canada. A retired scienti...
Since January 2025, it’s cost about nine bucks USD to drive in downtown New York City during peak times. A year later, the Metropolitan Tran...
Skier Marion Thénault wants Winter Olympic gold. She also wants a cooler planet. That means training hard but doing it in a way that cuts he...
As Hurricane Irma approached, doula Esther Louis helped a nine-months-pregnant client flee Florida to find safety in Georgia. At the time, s...
Resignations. Calls for a hiatus. The expert group tasked with helping Ottawa cut emissions faces an existential crisis. We hear from Cather...
Warming temperatures mean more rats. Is rodent birth control part of the solution? Join us on the streets of Manhattan, Chicago and Vancouve...
If you're a frequent flier, you may have noticed flights have been getting bumpier lately. A potential culprit? Climate change. CBC producer...
Even as the world warms, oil attracts conflict. Just look to Venezuela and Donald Trump’s moves to control the country’s vast reserves. We d...
From the Best of What On Earth – in remote northern communities, diesel is king. But breakthrough solar energy projects are underway that co...
From the Best of What On Earth – Come with us to California where entrepreneurs are sending balloons full of sulfur dioxide into the stratos...
From the Best of What On Earth – Better transit service could help lower Canada’s emissions. But can more people get on board with buses, tr...
Power is pricey in the Yukon, and solar panels help some homeowners keep costs down. But two years ago, the government paused a program that...
In a year-end interview with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton, the prime minister talks about why his plan for more pipelines will help the climate...
Why did Volkswagen employees keep mum about the Dieselgate emissions scandal? That’s one of six crimes author Julia Shaw dives into in her l...
They popularized, "OK, boomer" but when it comes to climate action, some Gen Z activists find they actually have much in common with their b...
Ferocious fires, monster storms and epic floods. But there were some climate bright spots in 2025 as well. CBC meteorologists Johanna Wagsta...
Steven Guilbeault made room for compromise when he switched from climate activist to government minister. He was okay with that. Until Prime...
Electric tricycles. Wagons. Bumming rides. Canadians are going to great lengths to live without a car. Yes, even people who have a disabilit...
Can Canada build another oil pipeline AND hit climate targets? PM Mark Carney says yes. But some see the new energy deal between Ottawa and...
The term "carbon capture" is getting tossed around a lot by Canadian politicians these days. What's actually being talked about is carbon ca...
For Marsya Ancker, laying her father to rest in a mycelium casket was a choice that was true to his environmental values. We hear how the bi...
A carbon capture project and a new pipeline may be on the horizon as Alberta gets closer to signing a memorandum of understanding, which Pre...
Mother Nature is mad as hell. But they're also being played by the godfather of punk, so maybe that makes sense? In a new podcast, Iggy Pop...
There are protests and promises at this year’s UN climate conference, which is in full swing now in Brazil’s rainforest. Can the internation...