IMMEDIATE RELEASE BONN, Germany (November 13, 2017) – “After a week of negotiations at this year’s United Nations climate talks, there is still a lot of hard work ahead as political leaders, including Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine […]
November 6, 2017 BONN, Germany – The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), popularly dubbed “the Pacific COP”, will be critical in laying down the pathways to success of the […]
Eddy Perez from Climate Action Network Canada Context The Canadian Government has requested inputs about loss and damage for COP23, CAN-Rac welcomes this opportunity to share ideas that could help the Government of Canada present a position aligned with the […]
October 25, 2017 Context Parties to the UNFCCC will soon gather to hammer out critical next steps for implementation of the Paris Agreement. Under the UNFCCC’s first island presidency, Fiji, COP23 will establish the building blocks for adopting the Paris […]
OTTAWA (September 14, 2017) – Today a group of national organizations issued an open letter to the Canadian government championing the swift and uncompromising implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Climate Change and Clean Growth. In the letter, signatories offer […]
REGISTER NOW for ClimaCon2017! Canadian climate heroes will gather this year in Ottawa from the evening of Wednesday, September 27th thru the afternoon of Friday, September 29th. Spots are limited – make sure you’re with us! IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING REGISTRATION […]
OTTAWA (June 1st, 2017) – In response the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat (CAN-Rac) Canada issued the following statements from its Executive Director, Catherine Abreu, and from CAN-Rac members: […]
“Today was the latest example of the tremendous support countries and communities worldwide have invested in the Paris Agreement. The world knows that a prosperous future is one run on clean energy. Communities, businesses, Canada and other countries will continue […]
By Catherine Abreu, CAN-Rac Executive Director We hear a lot about how Canada is responsible for just 2% of global climate pollution. What we don’t hear much about is that, at 2%, we’re one of the world’s top 8 polluters. […]
March 16, 2017 Action Update: Canadian Climate Policy INTRODUCTION CAN-Rac, our members, and our colleagues have played critical roles in making the Pan-Canadian Framework on Climate Change (PCF) a reality, but industry and other opponents are trying to water down […]
