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1 week ago | corporateknights.com | Natalie Alcoba

It had been 30 years since a train ran through a stretch of Argentina’s Quebrada de Humahuaca. The mountainous region in the northern province of Jujuy is known for its enchanting, multicoloured rockscape and the chain of settlements that hug the rugged valley. In 1993, a diesel locomotive ceased to operate. But last year, after track upgrades and a concerted effort from local politicians, a gleaming solar-powered battery train made its maiden run.

1 week ago | corporateknights.com | Eugene Ellmen

As fossil fuel companies water down their climate commitments, and banks cast doubt on global warming targets, one key climate-action organization is holding firm. The Science Based Targets initiative will continue to insist that corporations seeking validation under its climate-plan accreditation – considered an international gold standard – must set a 1.5°C climate target, as set out by the Paris Agreement.

1 week ago | corporateknights.com | Adria Vasil

In the days following Donald Trump’s fateful ballot box victory in November, environmental advocates the world over stumbled around shellshocked, feeling the ear-splitting pressure change of a bomb dropped on climate progress months before they’d ever see the fallout. As grief and fear spilled onto social media feeds, one climate leader held space for hope. “There is an antidote to doom and despair,” the architect of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change posted.

2 weeks ago | corporateknights.com | Ralph Torrie |Mitchell Beer

An effective, all-in response to the global climate emergency can revitalize local economies across Canada while strengthening national sovereignty and economic security, an extensive new analysis by Corporate Knights’ Climate Dollars project concludes. The analysis identifies the investments in our buildings, vehicles and power grids that are needed to shift our energy use to electricity and set a path to a zero-emission economy by 2050.

2 weeks ago | corporateknights.com | Mitchell Beer

The Canadian government provided at least $29.6 billion in financing to fossil fuel and petrochemical companies in 2024, with most of it directed toward the over-budget Trans Mountain pipeline, according to estimates from Environmental Defence Canada. “That is more than the price of building out interprovincial electricity transmission infrastructure, which is estimated to cost $24 billion,” the Toronto-based advocacy organization writes.