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Environmental organizations representing millions of Canadians urges Prime Minister Trudeau to listen to the majority – climate-concerned voters – and swiftly fulfil climate promises

This morning, environmental organizations representing millions of Canadians are calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to rapidly fulfill his party’s climate promises, and implement the most effective climate actions – regardless of which platform they originated in.

By |2022-08-29T17:31:05-04:00September 21, 2021|Press Release|

Climate Action Network calls for postponement of COP26 until safety and equity concerns addressed

Climate Action Network Canada joins a growing number of civil society organizations around the world calling for the postponement of COP26, the UN climate conference scheduled to take place in Glasgow this November. Inequitable vaccine access and lack of support for delegates from Global South countries make a safe and inclusive COP impossible under the current timeline.

By |2022-08-29T17:29:57-04:00September 7, 2021|Press Release|

Canada’s new UN climate pledge must connect domestic climate policy with international obligations, 32 groups urge

With one month to go before Canada submits its new climate plan under the Paris Agreement – our Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – and four months before COP26, Climate Action Network Canada has released a series of benchmarks for what this new plan should include. Thirty-two environmental, labour, and development organizations have signed on to the report, entitled A People’s Plan: Benchmarks for Evaluating Canada’s International Climate Commitments Ahead of 2021 Summit.

By |2022-09-01T18:01:09-04:00June 28, 2021|Press Release|

Environmental groups celebrate adoption of Bill C-12 in House of Commons and call for quick passage through Senate

Environmental organizations Climate Action Network-Réseau Action Climat, Ecojustice, Équiterre, David Suzuki Foundation and West Coast Environmental Law Association celebrate the final vote in the House of Commons to adopt the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (Bill C-12) and ask the Senate to prioritize passage of Bill C-12 before recessing for the summer.

By |2022-08-29T18:46:20-04:00June 23, 2021|Press Release|

Climate Action Network Canada and the Canadian Coalition for Climate and Development respond to G7 announcement on climate finance

Today’s announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlines $5.3 billion CAD in new and welcome spending for international climate finance. These much-needed funds will help vulnerable countries and their communities adapt to the climate crisis as they continue to respond to the health and economic crises at hand.

By |2022-09-01T18:01:35-04:00June 13, 2021|Press Release|

Climate Action Network Canada reacts to Government of Canada’s Policy Statement on future thermal coal mining projects and project expansions

Statement from Catherine Abreu, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada, in response to the Canadian government’s announcement that any new or expanded thermal coal projects will be deemed to go against the public interest because of the severity of ecological impacts and the climate imperative to get rid of coal.

By |2022-09-01T18:01:41-04:00June 11, 2021|Press Release|
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