This was taken at midday in Toronto. The smoke is so bad the streetlights are on. Climate change is super-charging wildfires. There are mitigating forest management measures we can take but ultimately the only solution is global decarbonization. That means weaning the world off fossil fuels.

After 10 years covering the global Arctic, commodities and climate, and serving as Toronto bureau chief, I have left @bloomberg.com More to come and on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel...

Recent US threats against Greenland may have cooled but so, inevitably, has the bilateral relationship. Climate science is feeling the effects. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s Greenland Threats Put Crucial Climate Change Research at Risk

Political tensions are hampering work on the island, which is key to understanding the effects of global warming.

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Text transcript of Mark Carney's address to Davos courtesy of The CBC. If anyone doubts the weight of this moment in history... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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An era of 'global water bankruptcy' has begun, says a new UN report. Humans are squandering and mismanaging freshwater resources -- even as climate change drives up demand and makes the availability of fresh water less predictable. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Water ‘Bankruptcy’ Era Has Begun for Billions, Scientists Say

Stress and scarcity aren’t strong enough terms to capture the water crisis facing much of the world, according to a new UN report.

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Interviewed @kovrig.bsky.social for this analysis of the Carney-Xi handshake seen around the world. Scotiabank economist Derek Holt described the Carney era like this: "Commerce is in charge now" With Ottawa bureau chief @ldhillonkane.bsky.social & senior reporter @daniellebochove.bsky.social

Carney’s China Embrace Widens Gap With US in Trump’s Tariff Era

Canada has long stuck closely to the US on China policy, even through a diplomatic crisis over high-profile prisoners. Along with historic trade ties, that alignment is now cracking.

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Heat and greenhouse gas pollution rise in lock-step — until 2023, when the thermostat goes bonkers. 🎁🔗 The 2025 climate numbers are in. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The EPA will no longer calculate the monetary value of saving human lives, among other health impacts, when setting new clean air rules. It quietly debuted this new approach in a version of a new final rule for power plant emissions published online last week. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EPA Will No Longer Consider Value of Human Health Benefits in Setting Air Pollution Rules

The agency is abandoning a longstanding policy to calculate the monetary savings in avoided deaths and disease from cutting certain pollutants.

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Having completed his 5-year term as Canada's UN ambassador in November, Bob Rae has been forthright about the implications of America's National Security Strategy on global peace and security. He spoke to Bloomberg at length. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s Greenland Threats Call for Firm Response From Allies, Canada’s Rae Says

As European leaders seek to persuade President Donald Trump that Greenland’s security is best defended by NATO, broader concerns persist about US expansionism. Bloomberg News spoke with Bob Rae, Canad...

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The Arctic's hottest year on record is just one of the grim milestones in the 2025 report card on the region by @noaa.gov We have the solutions. Wishing for a 2026 tailwind for everyone working to move them forward. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Arctic’s Annual Physical Finds an Environment That’s Breaking Down

From rusty rivers to shrinking sea ice, the region’s vital signs are out of whack, the 2025 Arctic Report Card shows.

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A property developer in Canada said bankers pulled out of financing a new building because of a landmark court ruling that recognised Indigenous rights over about 800 acres of land near Vancouver Gift link:

Canadian Property Firm Says Loan Halted After BC Indigenous Case

A property developer in Canada said bankers pulled out of financing a new building because of a landmark court ruling that granted an Indigenous group rights over about 800 acres of land near Vancouve...

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This week @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social, a respected politician and former climate activist who resigned from Mark Carney's cabinet last week, sat down with @akshatrathi.bsky.social to talk about climate policy in Canada. Full podcast included in gift link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Carney Defector Says ‘No Way’ Canada Can Meet Climate Goals Now

Ex-minister Steven Guilbeault said the government’s recent policy decisions put its targets for 2030, 2035 and even 2050 out of reach.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move to placate Alberta with an oil pipeline deal is emboldening a resurgent separatist movement in Quebec. Interview with ex-cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault @akshatrathi.bsky.social and @nojoudalmallees.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Carney’s Alberta Oil Deal Is Fueling Quebec Separatism, Ex-Minister Guilbeault Says

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move to placate Alberta with an oil pipeline deal is emboldening a resurgent separatist movement in Quebec, warned former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault, who resigned ...

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The 2nd installment of our global carbon sinks series...

Eric Roston@eroston.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📉The voluntary carbon market crashed bc credits didn't do what they claimed. Offsets 2.0 is here, with hard, inventive work on the ground. 🌴A look at the race to control carbon, from under the banana and cacao trees. By Fabiano Masisonnave and me: 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

New from me: I spoke to two scientists who originally helped spread the use of carbon capture. They now say it's being misused. Here's why (gift link):

The Scientists Who Popularized Carbon Capture Have a Warning About It

Many countries are relying on it to meet their climate goals, but it might hurt more than help, they say.

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Breaking: As the US moves to license deep sea mining, new research finds that extracting critical metals from the seabed generates waste that endangers tiny marine organisms that form the basis of a vast food web, threatening fisheries people depend on. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Seabed Mining Disrupts Fisheries, Researchers Find

Scientists analyzed data from a test mining operation to document threats to small marine organisms key to the health of commercially valuable seafood like tuna.

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What's all the COP fuss about? Two months ago I set out to find what COPs achieved. The answer was in the data: a $10 trillion wave of green investment that's starting to change things. As Laurence Tubiana told me: "The train has left the station" FREE read: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

There’s a $10 Trillion Antidote to Trump’s Climate Backlash

The landmark Paris Agreement triggered a wave of climate commitments. A decade later, Bloomberg examined seven key categories to chart progress amid a new era of attacks on global warming science and ...

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JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Around 150 countries will gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit. What are the key results negotiators are aiming for — and how could talks break down? Bloomberg journalists answer your questions today at 1 p.m. EST. Stream: bloom.bg/3Ji78rn

I recently went to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska w/US scientists to study the effect of saltwater on fast-thawing permafrost. 1st in a series by @bloomberg.com on the world's natural carbon sinks with @hayleywarren.bsky.social and @eroston.bsky.social A thread follows: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The Biggest Arctic Carbon Sink Is Increasingly Unstable

Scientists at the top of the world are racing to uncover how rapidly the Arctic’s permafrost is thawing.

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Most people don't have high expectations from COP30. But with the US govt intent on wrecking climate policies at home and abroad, things could get testy. For a preview, tune into a conversation later today with Bloomberg's crack team on the ground at COP30. www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...

Live Q&A: Six Ways the COP30 Climate Summit Can Succeed or Fail

Bloomberg journalists answer your questions about what to expect at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil. Stream our Live Q&A on Monday, Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. EST

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The US absence from #COP30 is a blow but also an opportunity, EU Climate Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu says in weekend interview. Gift link below @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Pivot Is a ‘Watershed Moment’ for Climate, Says EU’s Hoekstra

Europe’s top climate diplomat said the US skipping the COP30 summit is a blow but doesn’t close down paths to progress.

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After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But the company’s initiatives were only in the planning + early implementation stages when Hurricane Melissa hit. Story @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Jamaica’s Grid Was Not Ready for Hurricane Melissa

The massive storm underscores the challenges in keeping up with the quickening pace of climate change.

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Extreme heat now kills roughly one person every minute, and about 550,000 a year, finds @lancetcountdown.bsky.social's new report. And scientists warn parts of the world may soon hit limits where it’s too hot and humid for people to survive. My latest for @bloomberg.com (free 🎁 link):

Hot Weather is Killing More than Half a Million People a Year

Authors of a new Lancet report warn that parts of the world could become unlivable, as climate change drives a surge in heat deaths.

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Online views of the ad that caused the US President to slap an additional 10% tariff on Canada continue to climb. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s Attack on Ontario’s Reagan Ad Helped Amplify Its Reach

In the global portfolio of political ads that changed history, a handful stand out.

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To put it plainly: The US successfully kills international effort that was one step towards leaving a hospitable planet for future generations. A jarring read (and good reporting) from @akshatrathi.bsky.social and @daniellebochove.bsky.social Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

US Opposition Freezes Global Carbon Levy on Ships

This week, climate diplomacy ran into a Trump-sized iceberg. Nations were set to decide on landmark regulations to make vessels start paying for their greenhouse gas emissions. On Friday, the Internat...

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‘I’m The Same Me’: Canada’s Mark Carney Defends His Climate Record A story by @daniellebochove.bsky.social, from Carney's wide-ranging Bloomberg podcast interview with Mishal Husain

‘I’m The Same Me’: Canada’s Mark Carney Defends His Climate Record

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he’s focused on climate policies likely to have the greatest impact at a time of strained resources and multiple crises, denying criticisms that he’s backpedal...

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Exclusive: FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs

Investigators are looking for staffers who anonymously endorsed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster funding.

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One of today's winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is UC Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi. Last year I wrote about Yaghi and Atoco, the startup he founded to commercialize his scientific breakthrough with a device that extracts water from air using just sunlight. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Startups Are Racing to Make Water Out of Thin Air

Materials that are bigger on the inside than the outside provide a futuristic solution to supply water to an increasingly arid planet.

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As China moves forward on a new "Arctic Express" service between Asia and Europe, some of the world's largest container shippers say Russia's Northern Sea Route is too risky a shortcut. The Arctic's fragile ecosystems are part of the reason why. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Eyes Arctic Shortcut as Top Container Lines Stay Away

China’s latest foray into the Northern Sea Route — using the channel between Russia and the North Pole to ship goods — has led some of the world’s largest container carriers to reiterate that the Arct...

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We can all use some good news

Todd Woody@toddwoody.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New: An ambitious plan aims to restore imperiled sea otters to their historic range on the US West Coast. The playful predators are climate warriors, reviving coastal ecosystems and keeping healthy carbon-sequestering kelp forests that nurture fisheries. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...