New poll finds 7 in 10 Canadians want oil and gas emissions cap to ensure industry takes on its fair share of climate action

Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance could signal the beginning of a transformational shift towards secure, renewable energy

Today’s agreement between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz signals that the way forward for energy security is to accelerate the transition to renewables. After months of discussions focussed on East Coast liquified natural gas (LNG), the visit results in a welcome shift in rhetoric and focus towards green hydrogen. This is the work of tireless mobilizing by land defenders and civil society that pushed for a rapid, clear-sighted and climate-safe response to Europe’s energy needs.

Twenty-two climate organizations call for regularization and permanent residence for all migrants

Today, twenty-two climate organizations sent a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser to regularize undocumented people living in Canada and ensure permanent residence for all migrants. In doing so, the climate justice movement in Canada is standing with migrant-led movements.

Oil and gas cap is Canada’s chance to reverse emissions trajectory, if done right

Today, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson released their thinking on how the federal government would cap and decrease oil and gas emissions – a key part of Canada’s strategy to meet its climate goals, given the outsized role the sector plays as the largest contributor to GHG emissions in Canada. As millions of people around the world suffer from climate-induced heatwaves, capping oil and gas sector emissions could be a game-changer for climate action in Canada – if implemented with sufficient rigour and ambition.

G7 leaders open the door to gas expansion, putting global climate goals at risk

Today, G7 leaders including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backtracked on their commitment to stop funding fossil fuels overseas, revealing their failure to learn the lessons of recent crises.

Civil society groups urge Canada and B.C. to end harassment of land defenders and comply with UN calls to action

Climate Action Network Canada, Amnistie internationale Canada francophone, and fifty-seven other civil society organizations sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier John Horgan today, calling on them to comply with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and remove police and security forces from the Wet’suwet’en and Secwepemc territories.

Quebec finally legally protected against the fossil fuel industry

Citizen, environmental, student and health groups want to highlight one of the most significant environmental victories in Quebec’s history, the adoption of Bill 21, An Act mainly to end petroleum exploration and production and the public financing of those activities.

Budget 2022 reveals Canada’s inadequate response to global crises and fossil fuel dependence

Today’s federal budget presented by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland exposes Canada’s inadequate and incremental response to current global crises, and reveals that the federal government continues to prioritize risky techno-fixes over investing in a Just Transition and the real emissions cuts that are the only sure way to stave off climate catastrophe.

“Heartbreaking” Bay du Nord decision ignores IPCC findings, exposes Canada's climate hypocrisy

The federal government’s decision to approve Equinor’s Bay du Nord oil project sabotages Canada’s commitment to fight the climate crisis.

The world must halve emissions by 2030: IPCC report shows need for just and systemic transformation, fossil fuel phase-out

Today’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that a climate-safe, more just future is possible – but current governments’ plans won’t get us there.

Finding the Way to Zero

Summary report of the outcomes of CAN-Rac's series of virtual workshops held over the spring and summer of 2021 on the implications of net-zero in Canada

Climate Finance for Climate Justice

A framework from the Canadian Coalition on Climate Change & Development for Canada's $5.3 billion post-2020 international climate finance

Facing Fossil Fuels’ Future

Challenges and opportunities for workers in Canada’s energy and labour transitions

Real Leadership in the Climate Emergency

Climate Action Network Canada’s 2021 federal election Policy Priorities

A People's Plan

Benchmarks for evaluating Canada’s international climate commitments ahead of COP26

Risks, Challenges and Unresolved Issues Related to Article 6

Critical challenges around Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on international carbon markets to consider before COP26

A History of Québec’s Declaration of Climate Emergency Campaign

An account of Quebec's ambitious and inspiring Declaration of Climate Emergency campaign

Setting Expectations for Robust Equivalency Agreements in Canada

Position Paper on Federal-Provincial Equivalency Agreements Regarding the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

A History of Québec’s Declaration of Climate Emergency Campaign

An account of Quebec's ambitious and inspiring Declaration of Climate Emergency campaign

Canada's Climate Change Commitments: Deep Enough?

An analysis of the economic impacts of honouring our international climate commitments and what steps Canada can take now to meet or exceed our 2030 climate target