The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF) was introduced on December 9, 2016 as a roadmap to assist Canada’s federal and provincial governments to achieve a 2030 target of a 30 percent reduction below 2005 levels of […]
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 […]
OVERVIEW A genuinely comprehensive Framework References to increasing ambition in line with Paris commitments: 2 All the hooks we need to move forward on developing a robust Canadian accountability mechanism “As we implement this Framework, we will move forward on […]
Climate Action Network Canada Brief: 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (Marrakech, Morocco November 7 – 18, 2016) Our Priorities for Canada in Marrakech: Canada must commit to earlier ambition on […]
Canada has to do much more to provide climate finance to developing countries. In the short term, this should be ramped up to an annual level of $4billion by 2020, equally split between mitigation and adaptation, of new and additional, […]
The March 22 federal budget sets the stage for negotiations with provinces and territories with the $2 billion allocation over two years starting in 2017 to the Low Carbon Economy Fund. The timing of the cash infusion aligns precisely with […]
November 2015 by Dr. Louise Comeau Executive Director Quick Facts What we did We surveyed 857 Ontarians in September 2015 to explore thoughts about carbon pricing and Emissions Trading (cap and trade) policies and 12 frames/narratives. Each narrative (six on […]
Climate Council By Lesley Hughes & Will Steffen October 07, 2015 The price, quality and seasonality of Australia’s food is increasingly being affected by climate change with Australia’s future food security under threat, our new report has revealed. Australia’s food […]
Executive Summary Canada is falling behind. That’s the message that kicked off Tracking the Revolution — Global, this report’s preceding companion edition. Though our clean tech sector—a category that includes clean energy, among other industries—grew 17 percent in 2013, other […]
