BONN, Germany (November 16, 2017) – Catherine Abreu, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada, released the following statement as Canada and the UK launched the global Powering Past Coal Alliance with over 25 countries and subnational jurisdictions signing on. “Today’s joint coal […]
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 […]
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 […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WARSAW, Poland – The new edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) was released by CAN Europe and Germanwatch in Warsaw at the UN climate talks today. The results show Canada to be the worst climate […]
Government Admits Failure on Steven Harper’s Climate Promise FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 24, 2013 Reaction by Climate Action Network Canada’s Executive Director, Christian Holz, to Environment Canada’s release of “Emissions Trends 2013” “‘Canada’s Emissions Trends 2013’, released earlier today, confirms […]
The Parliament of the European Union voted today in favour of a resolution that insists on having a separate value for tar sands oil in the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD). This is likely the first time that the European Parliament […]
Tune in to hear great interventions from: Reverend Canon Sally G. Bingham, Congressman Toby Moffett, Member of European Parliament Kriton Arsenis, and Climate Action Network Canada campaign director Hannah McKinnon on the launch of Dirty Oil Diplomacy: The Canadian Government’s […]
For immediate release Canadian Government’s Aggressive Promotion of Tar Sands Draws International Attention: Vigils at Canadian Missions in America and Europe New Report Outlines Activities of Canadian Government to Undermine International Climate Action (Washington, DC; London, UK; Ottawa, Canada; Brussels, […]
Unprecedented lobbying by the Canadian Government in a technical discussion on the European Union’s Fuel Quality Directive has resulted in the decision being passed to the Ministerial level. In response to this outcome Hannah McKinnon, Campaign Director at Climate Action […]
16 February 2012, For immediate release Brussels – Eight Nobel Peace Prize laureates have written to European Heads of State and Ministers of the Environment urging them to tackle the most climate polluting sources of transport fuel, notably tar sands. […]
