World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad, Zero Discrimination Day

Published on March 1, 2024

February saw more extreme heat and unusually high temperatures in both hemispheres, the UN weather agency (WMO) said on Friday.

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How young people's anger might spur climate action

March 1, 2024
Across the globe, political campaigns are targeting young people for their votes, but are they listening to their growing anger over climate inaction?

Canada’s biggest pension plan is fuelling worst rainy-day future ever

March 1, 2024
While some Canadian pension funds “made helpful but modest tweaks” to their climate policies in 2023, even the leaders in the field lagged behind international peers in their efforts to build climate urgency into their investment choices and exclude fossil fuels from their portfolios, a watchdog group reports this morning.Among the 11 funds surveyed, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB