New @IEA report: current pledges for climate negotiations aren’t yet enough. Governments must step up http://bit.ly/1IX0Zti #WEOclimate The world is moving towards a crucial climate change meeting in Paris in December 2015 (COP21). The negotiations there will be based on […]
Decisions about the development of the vast oil sands† deposits in Alberta and elsewhere in North America are among the biggest we face as Canadians and Americans. Their consequences for our national economies and shared environment will last decades to […]
Consensus statement says the science is clear: there can be no more oil sands development if we are to solve the global climate crisis For immediate release June 10, 2015, Ottawa – Today more than 100 prominent scientists from across […]
CBC News Group cites concerns about carbon pollution, environmental contamination, aboriginal rights More than 100 Canadian and U.S. researchers are calling on Canada to end expansion of its oilsands, for 10 reasons that they describe as « grounded in science. » « Based […]
June 03, 2015 By Christian Holz Earlier today, I presented at the 2015 Annual Conference of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, as part of Congress 2015 in Ottawa. Here are the slides of my presentation and below is a […]
The Guardian June 08, 2015 by Kate Connolly German chancellor Angela Merkel announces commitment to ‘decarbonise global economy’ and end extreme poverty and hunger. The G7 leading industrial nations have agreed to cut greenhouse gases by phasing out the use […]
The Globe and Mail By Shawn McCarthy The Harper government faced a grilling from global climate officials Thursday, as countries’ representatives questioned Canada’s policies and commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Canada’s chief negotiator Louise Metivier presented Ottawa’s plan at […]
Climate Action Tracker Bonn – 04 June 2015 — The combined climate plans for the G7 and EU have made a small step towards the right track to hold warming to 2?C, but there is still a substantial emissions gap, […]
World Resources Institute Description: Canada, the EU-28, and the United States have put forward greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets in their intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Japan has published a […]
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Ottawa, Canada. June 3, 2015. Analysis by the New Climate Institute shows that Canada’s proposed target of 30 percent reductions in greenhouse gases below 2005 by 2030 robs the country of important co-benefits relating to reduced […]
