MEDIA ADVISORY: CAN-Rac Members Available for Comment at COP23

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

courtghoward@gmail.com

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.