While tariffs and sovereignty are top of mind across federal election campaigns, St. John's Deputy Mayor Sheilagh O'Leary is urging political leaders to remember the fight against climate change.

The Liberal Party has committed to investing in wildfire response capabilities, updating building codes in national parks, and supporting programs such as FireSmart. The Bloc Québécois has proposed a federal reinsurance program for homeowners in Quebec, aiming to maintain access to insurance in areas vulnerable to repeated disaster events.

A Conservative victory over the Liberals in the Canadian election could lead to nearly 800m extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade

Voting is compulsory in Australia. Its preferential voting system will all but guarantee that one of the two major parties will enter power. Current polling suggests that Labor will edge ahead of the Coalition to win the election, after preferences are distributed between the top two parties.

The federal NDP’s election platform “hit a lot of keynotes” on climate and is largely staying the course while the Liberals’ rhetoric has shifted, an expert posits.

Amid a heated federal election campaign in Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney is suggesting that the country can expand oil and gas production and at the same time make progress in meeting its emission reduction targets with advances in areas including carbon capture and storage.

Australia was on the verge of an election dominated by a wave of independent MPs who promised a climate change reckoning. But climate talk seems to have taken a backseat in the current campaign ahead of the May 3 national poll.

Climate change remains a real threat to Canadians and their communities. As they campaign to lead the country, Canada’s would-be prime ministers should be advocating for climate action.