MEDIA ADVISORY: CAN-Rac Members Available for Comment at COP23
Nhattan Nguyen
Posted On November 6, 2017
November 6, 2017
BONN, Germany – The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), popularly dubbed “the Pacific COP”, will be critical in laying down the pathways to success of the historic Paris Agreement.
Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat (CAN-Rac) Canada members are on the ground in Bonn and available to comment as the negotiations unfold.
WHAT: Media availability from COP23
WHEN: November 6 – 18, 2017
WHO: Catherine Abreu, Executive Director, Climate Action Network Canada
catherineabreu@climateactionnetwork.ca +49 01520 378 9549
Mitchell Beer, President, Energy Mix Productions
mitchell@smartershift.com +1 613 889 5960
Steven Guibeault, Senior Director, Équiterre
jtremblay@equiterre.org +1 514 966 6992
Courtney Howard, President-Elect, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Shaughn McArthur, Government Relations Officer, CARE Canada
shaughn.mcarthur@care.ca +1 613 286 0821
Tina Oh, Youth Delegate
tyoh@mta.ca +49 1520 378 9434
WHERE: Bonn, Germany
BACKGROUND: CAN-Rac’s Priorities for COP23; Opportunities for Canada to Address Loss and Damage; Canada, International Climate Finance, and Cooperative Market Mechanisms
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Canada’s primary network of organizations working on climate change and energy issues, CAN-Rac is a coalition of more than 100 organizations operating from coast to coast to coast. Our membership brings environmental groups together with trade unions, First Nations, social justice, development, health and youth organizations, faith groups and local, grassroots initiatives.
