Belém, Brazil, 8 November 2025:
As the COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil, Climate Action Network (CAN-Rac) calls on Canada to provide the world with clarity about its commitment to climate action—both at home and through its diplomacy.
Coming ten years after the Paris Agreement, and amid worsening climate impacts in Canada and around the world, COP30 represents a test for multilateral cooperation on climate change. In a brief published today, CAN-Rac set out its expectations and calls to action for the role Canada must play to ensure the success of the COP30 negotiations:
- Commit to and implement climate ambition at home, including through holding the most-polluting sector, oil and gas, accountable;
- Support the creation of the Belém Action Mechanism for a Global Just Transition (BAM), to ensure that the economic transformation required to address climate change centers fairness and benefits people and communities around the world;
- Address the shortcomings of the New Collective Quantified Goal, and announce a new climate finance pledge in line with global needs and fairness;
- Champion adaptation and funding for loss and damage; and
- Support inclusivity and civic space at COP30.
“The world has changed a lot in the past year,” said Caroline Brouillette, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada. “Canadians, and people around the world, are facing economic hardship and increasingly devastating climate impacts. They are wondering if the COP process still matters, and what it can do for them.
“So far, this government’s approach to climate action has been mired in confusion and contradiction. As a former UN climate envoy, Prime Minister Carney literally wrote the book on the risks of the climate crisis and the need for urgent action. But since taking office, he has waffled on Canada’s climate commitments, pushed forward a deeply flawed bill to fast-track major projects, and helmed a disappointing G7 Presidency. The budget and Climate Competitiveness Strategy he presented just last week did little to alleviate our worries that this government is deprioritizing climate action.
“Is Canada still in? Is the federal government committed to climate multilateralism, and the international solidarity necessary to uphold it? If so, COP30 is the time to prove it.”
Members of Climate Action Network Canada’s delegation will be in Belém and available for media interviews throughout COP30.
For more information or to arrange an interview, contact:
Vicky Coo, Communications Manager
comms@climateactionnetwork.ca
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