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 […]
Download the full letter Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister McKenna, Re: Accountability and the Pan Canadian Framework We take seriously, as we know you and your government do, the warnings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (November 29, 2018) – In response to the release of the Ontario government’s “Preserving and Protecting Our Environment For Future Generations: A Made-In-Ontario Environment Plan”, Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat (CAN-Rac) […]
Climate Action Network Canada Brief: 24th Conference of Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Katowice, Poland | December 2 – 14, 2018) November 16, 2018 Context Falling at the end of a year that has […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (October 23, 2018) – “The Government of Canada refused to bow to industry pressure and provincial politicking today by following through with its commitment to introduce nationwide carbon pricing. The latest UN climate […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Climate Action Network Canada responds to the release of the ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C’ from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change On the ground as head of delegation for observer civil society organizations working with […]
