Stop Bill 66 from becoming law - Jan. 20 deadline for comments via Environmental Registry
[The following is courtesy of CAPE, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment:] "Undermining Protection for Water Quality, the Greenbelt & Transit Supportive Communities On December 6th, the Ontario Government introduced Bill 66 - Restoring Ontario's...
Read moreCOP 24 wraps up. Final press release from Climate Action Network Canada
COP24 delivers progress, but nations fail to heed warnings of scientists UN conference reaffirms Paris Agreement commitments, leaving Canada and other countries with a lot more to do at home
[KATOWICE, Poland] (December 15, 2018) - The annual United Nations climate change conference in Katowice (COP24) ended today,...
Read moreLancet Countdown 2018 Report: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change
The following is the CAPE (Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment) blog, following the launch on November 29, 2018, of this report. There are 2 sections - one on Global Findings/Impacts of Climate Change, the other, of special note, on Canadian Findings and Recommendations. [With special thanks to Kim Perrotta and CAPE for this blog].
Global Findings - Impacts of Climate Change
On...
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Climate Action Network Canada is well represented at COP24 in Katowice, Poland. Sign up to receive their newsletter, CAN-Raction, here.
Canadian Climate Accountability: A letter to PM Trudeau and Min. McKenna from 33 CAN-Rac members
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister McKenna,
Re: Accountability and the Pan Canadian Framework
We take seriously, as we know you and your government do, the warnings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that dramatic and deep cuts in greenhouse gases are required to minimize dangerous climate change. We are embarrassed that as a nation we have so far missed every greenhouse gas reduction target set by the Canadian government prior to the...
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