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 […]
September 16, 2018 The Environment and Energy Working Group of the G7 Global Task Force is a consensus-based coalition of over 40 civil society organizations from G7 nations and other countries that has come together to deliver input from civil […]
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (August 30, 2018) – Once again, Canadians owe a debt of gratitude to the original people of this land. As fires fierce enough to be seen from space rage across British Columbia, First Nations have […]
August 8, 2018 Hon. Doug Ford, Premier cc. Hon. Rod Phillips, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks Legislative Building , Queen’s Park | Toronto,ON | M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Ford, Ontarians across the province are experiencing a summer of record-breaking […]
Joint statement from Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN), and Climate Action Network – Reseau action climat (CAN-Rac) on Canada and Argentina’s G20 commitment to enter into a peer review of their fossil fuel subsidies. FARN (Argentina) and CAN-Rac (Canada) […]
Preamble Global leaders met on June 8-9 in Charlevoix, Quebec, at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit, to address the challenging global issues of inclusive growth, gender equality, peace and security, jobs of the future, and climate change and the […]
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK, ÉQUITERRE, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL A large majority of Canadians are opposed to public money being used to support oil and gas companies and want to see fossil fuel subsidies phased […]
June 9, 2018 Unceded Huron-Wendat Territories [QUEBEC CITY] – In response to the outcomes of the G7 Heads of State Summit in Quebec, Climate Action Network Canada released the following statement from its Executive Director, Catherine Abreu. “Today Canada stood […]
