More than 310 diverse arts, business, community, environment, faith, health, Indigenous, labour, senior, and youth organisations have signed an open letter calling on the British Columbia government in Canada to confront the climate emergency by implementing ten urgent climate actions. “Dear Premier Horgan and the Government of BC, We write on behalf of diverse environmental, Read more about Canada: Call to confront the climate emergency[…]

4 Hopeful Lessons from WW2 to Confront Climate Change “The climate emergency requires acting at a speed and scale not seen since the Second World War. This video explains 4 key lessons from Canada’s Second World War mobilization that need to be applied to Canada’s climate response today.” → Tweet to retweet → Facebook post Read more about Canada: Video launch: How WW2 can guide the climate emergency mobilisation[…]

The overarching goal of the Climate Emergency Unit is to press for the implementation of wartime-scale policies in Canada to confront the climate emergency. The Climate Emergency Unit is a five-year initiative of the David Suzuki Institute, which works with all sectors to find solutions to the climate emergency. They seek to move governments and leaders in Read more about Canada: Launch of Climate Emergency Unit with 14-point “Battle Plan”[…]

A climate emergency movement has grown in the French-speaking Canadian province of Québec. As of February 2019, more than 300 municipalities throughout Québec have endorsed a Déclaration d’Urgence Climatique – a climate emergency declaration, representing more then 70 per cent of the Quebec population. The Declaration has also been deposited with leading institutions such as Read more about Canada: Declaration of climate emergency campaign in Québec[…]

Emergency debate in Canada: How will Parliament respond to the new IPCC report? “We will rally and marshal every small town, every big city, every Canadian group, rotary clubs, church groups, and we will tell those naysayers who think that climate change is about a cash grab that they are in the way of our Read more about Canada: Impassioned speech about the climate emergency[…]

In Canada, a ‘Leap Manifesto’ of more than 32,000 signatories was launched in January 2016 in support of a rapid, “justice-based” energy transition to a renewable economy. The manifesto advocates a “great transition” in energy conversion — a leap — to “prevent catastrophic global warming,” and denounces Canada’s record on climate change as “a crime Read more about Canada | The Leap Manifesto: Call for a leap to prevent catastrophic global warming[…]