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 […]
BRIEF from the Environment and Energy Working Group of the G7 Global Task Force June 4, 2018 In this document we outline the importance of just transition, building on the work of unions and labour organizations around the world, as […]
