Canada and Alberta have reached a new industrial carbon pricing agreement to raise the effective cost of CO2 to C$130 per tonne by 2040. This move aims to incentivize emissions reduction technology and is tied to the potential approval of a major Pacific oil pipeline. Separately, an international panel of health experts is calling on the World Health Organization to declare the climate crisis a public health emergency. The commission warns that climate change is already causing mass mortality and requires immediate global mobilization.
