December 14, 2012 Developed Countries Disappoint in DohaAfter hours of dramatic overtime, this year’s UN climate talks wrapped up with little to brag about. With controversy erupting towards to end, the most notable take-away was a powerful message from the […]
Rich countries brought little to the table to fulfill their promises in Doha December 8, 2012 (Doha, Qatar) This year’s UN climate talks wrapped up after many hours of dramatic overtime with little to speak of in terms of progress […]
Civil society interventions Meeting with Minister Peter Kent December 6, 2012 Doha, Qatar Submitted interventions John Stone- IPCC scientist Scientists have been warning governments of the potential threat of climate change for almost half a century. The Intergovernmental Panel on […]
Environment Minister meets for first time with climate focused civil society December 6, 2012 (Doha, Qatar) Today, for the first time since taking the position of Environment Minister, Peter Kent met with climate-focused civil society groups at a UN climate […]
Wednesday, December 06, 2012 Canada’s Climate Legacy: Global Pariah & Master of Illusion Since our dramatic finish at last year’s UN Climate Conference in Durban, we’ve seen several reports desperately warning of the severe consequences and missed opportunities of Canada’s […]
Canada trailed only by Kazakhstan, Iran and Saudi Arabia in 2013 climate change performance index December 3, 2012 (Doha, Qatar) Canada fell to 58th place out of 61 countries analyzed for their policies and action on climate change this year, trailed […]
Canada is awarded a Fossil of the Day award in Doha for yet another broken promise…. The text of the award was as follows: ‘Oh Canada. When will you give fossil a break? You have failed on Kyoto and you […]
Do you remember last year? We do. ECO desperately hoped the hallway rumours of a Kyoto withdrawal weren’t true, but the second your Minister left the fine city of Durban, he confirmed your reckless abandonment of the only legally binding […]
Bloomberg The government of Canada’s official position on climate change is that it’s real and requires an “aggressive” response. Despite that, Canada’s ruling Conservative Party government has been leading a slow and systematic unraveling of environmental and climate research budgets, […]
Canada awarded “Fossil of the Day” for holding back on urgent financial support for climate action in poorer countries November 28, 2012 (Doha, Qatar) Canada was awarded the first place fossil of the day today in Qatar for Environment Minister […]
A letter from Environment Minister Kent to Climate Action Network Canada outlining the Canadian government’s position on international climate finance. This position has been heavily criticized and resulted in a First Place Fossil of the Day award at the 2012 climate talks […]
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 As we wrote this newsletter, Sandy continued to barrel down on much of the Eastern seaboard. After a record breaking year with the hottest global temperature and lowest arctic ice levels, Sandy reminds us that […]
Thursday, October 11, 2012 Nobel laureates touring Gateway route Jody Williams, an American peace activist who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her efforts to ban landmines, is leading a delegation of women on a trip from […]
Thursday, September 27, 2012 MPs request emergency debate on record breaking Arctic sea ice-lossThe drastic melting of arctic sea-ice has ended for this year, but not before demolishing the previous record low of 2007. This year’s record loss was 13.8% less than the […]
Weak Federal Coal Regulations Set Dangerous Precedent Failure to present meaningful coal regulations a reminder that government puts polluters ahead of people (Ottawa) Today the federal government announced the final version of their long-awaited coal regulations and in doing […]
