MEDIA ADVISORY: CAN-Rac Members Available for Comment at COP22
Nhattan Nguyen
Posted On novembre 7, 2016
November 7, 2016
MARRAKECH, Morocco – The 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), popularly dubbed “the action COP”, will be critical to the implementation agenda for the historic Paris Agreement.
Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat (CAN-Rac) Canada members are on the ground in Marrakech and available to comment as the first week of negotiations unfold.
Canada has ratified the Paris Agreement, which entered into force November 4th, 2016. In order to fulfil its Paris pledge, Canada must commit to earlier ambition on climate action, anchored by a strong pan-Canadian Framework on Climate Change containing built-in accountability mechanisms.
WHAT: Media availability from COP22
WHEN: November 7 – 11, 2016
WHO:
Catherine Abreu, Executive Director, CAN-Rac Canada
catherineabreu@climateactionnetwork.ca +212 646 731 099
Faris Ahmed, Policy and Campaigns Director, USC Canada
fahmed@usc-canada.org +1 613 263 5671
Pierre-Phillipe Lortie, International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation
ipplortie@icsa-aviation.org +1 514 589 1187
Dale Marshall, National Program Manager, Environmental Defence Canada
dmarshall@environmentaldefence.ca +1 613 868 9917
Kiki Wood, National Director, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
director@ourclimate.ca +1 902 489 3925
WHERE: Marrakech, Morocco
BACKGROUND:
BRIEF: CAN-Rac’s Priorities for Canada at COP22
POLICY: CAN-Rac’s Expectations of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Climate Change + Recommendations for a Canadian Accountability Mechanism
POLICY: Canada, International Climate Finance, and Cooperative Market Mechanisms
CAN-Rac Canada is a coalition of more than 100 organizations from the country that cares about how a changing climate affects people, plants and wildlife. We work to advance solutions to managing our carbon pollution through sustainable and equitable development.
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