Download the full paper With a federal election approaching this fall, Canada’s political parties are preparing their climate platforms. Climate change may be the single most important issue at stake in this race, because the consequences of electing a party […]
For Immediate Release Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (June 5, 2019)—Major Canadian environmental groups are asking all federal parties to reject a set of demands proposed yesterday by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s largest oil and gas […]
Climate Action Network Canada Brief: 50th session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Bonn, Germany | June 17 – 27, 2019) June 4, 2019 2019 represents an important moment for Canada’s current and […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Environmental groups release recommendations for federal/provincial equivalency agreements on Canadian climate policies Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (April 23, 2019): – Six Canadian environmental groups released a series of recommendations today that would ensure consistent quality and performance […]
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (April 1, 2019) – Today Canada achieves a milestone in climate action: every region in the country will now contribute to putting a cost on carbon pollution – a necessary step in cutting Canadian emissions. […]
We are delighted to share that our Executive Director Catherine Abreu has been included in Apolitical‘s list of the World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019 alongside some inspirational leaders from around the world! Catherine shares the […]
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (March 19, 2019) – Budget 2019 stays the course on federal climate policy commitments, continuing a number of key investments in existing policies, while presenting two notable new investments aimed at curbing climate change. Yet […]
As IPCC clock counts down, propping up fossils increasingly risky and irresponsible, say environmental groups Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (March 19, 2019) – This year marks the tenth anniversary of Canada’s G20 commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (March 11, 2018) – “Canadians know what it looks like when governments get transitions in employment sectors wrong and fail to plan for the potential impacts to workers and communities. Canada’s Task Force […]
By Teika Newton, CAN-Rac membership campaign coordinator, with Normand Beaudet of Group Mobilisation “In recent months, a movement has grown in Québec that has seen more than 300 municipal councils endorse a ‘Declaration of Climate Emergency’. In mid-February 2019, I spoke […]
The following comments cover Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat Canada’s views regarding the climate change provisions in the Government of Ontario’s proposed Preserving and Protecting our Environment for Future Generations: A Made-inOntario Environment Plan, released November 29, 2018. […]
The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF) was introduced on December 9, 2016 as a roadmap to assist Canada’s federal and provincial governments to achieve a 2030 target of a 30 percent reduction below 2005 levels of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COP24 delivers progress, but nations fail to heed warnings of scientists UN conference reaffirms Paris Agreement commitments, leaving Canada and other countries with a lot more to do at home [KATOWICE, Poland] (December 15, 2018) – The […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE [KATOWICE, Poland] (December 7, 2018) – The first week of the United Nations’ climate change conference in Katowice (COP24) began with praise for Canada, following a signal that it is joining a small but growing group of countries […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Climate Action Network Canada is optimistic [KATOWICE, Poland] (December 5, 2018) – Climate Action Network Canada enthusiastically welcomes the news this morning that Canada is prepared to table a more ambitious climate pledge by 2020. “People on the […]
