For Canada, establishing a diplomatic outpost in Nuuk signals a desire for a larger role in the fast-globalizing far north

Also in today's Green Daily newsletter: India's controversial bet on carbon capture and storage

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

Vice Premier He Lifeng laid out China’s vision for a greener world

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

Russia poses a clear threat in the Arctic, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, though at this stage it is “more prospective than actual.”

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. 

The Trump administration wants American companies to modernize oil production in Venezuela. There are many roadblocks to that happening, though, including the country’s huge methane problem.

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, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations from 2020 to 2025. A lawyer by training, Rae was previously the premier of Ontario and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Looking for a good book to enjoy over the holidays? Today’s newsletter has you covered with eight climate books Bloomberg Green journalists couldn’t put down this year. Plus, we’ve got your weekend listen and read.

From tales of hope to ones of despair, these are the climate and environmental reads that Bloomberg Green reporters couldn’t put down this year.

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

A week of relentless rain has created a disaster in the Pacific Northwest. It hasn’t just fallen in the valleys; high temperatures mean rain also fell in the mountains, decimating snowpack and sending river levels to record flood levels. Today’s newsletter gives you the latest on the unfolding disaster, including when the rains will finally die down.

Canadian politician Steven Guilbeault tells Akshat Rathi why he resigned from Mark Carney’s cabinet over environmental rollbacks.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is nearly nine months into his tenure. He spent years building his climate bona fides on the global stage. But since taking over the role, he’s become more open to fossil fuels.

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

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 over the agreement last week.