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CHINA USA STATEMENT
“It’s always welcome news when the world’s two biggest emitters cooperate on climate change, and a reset of their relationship on this crucial issue is overdue. The climate crisis will only be solved if the US and China move toward the same goal of bringing emissions down in line with a 1.5C trajectory as a…
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NEW COP26 DRAFT DECISION TEXT
“This draft deal is not a plan to solve the climate crisis, it’s an agreement that we’ll all cross our fingers and hope for the best. It’s a polite request that countries maybe, possibly, do more next year. Well that’s not good enough and the negotiators shouldn’t even think about leaving this city until they’ve…
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Climate Action Tracker update is “devastating”
The respected Climate Action Tracker today releases its annual global update – calculating the impact on the future global temperature rise of recent emissions announcements.
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Glasgow first draft text revealed: “exceptionally weak” with no mention of fossil fuel phaseout
Glasgow, Scotland – The first draft of the Glasgow final decision text at COP26 completely fails to mention fossil fuels, despite expert consensus on the need to end new coal, oil and…
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On the eve of COP26, people across the country are unhappy with canada’s largest bank, RBC, for its refusal to stop financing new fossil fuel projects
Thousands of Canadians across the country are today protesting Canada’s largest bank, RBC, which refuses to stop financing fossil fuels. RBC has invested more than $200 billion in fossil fuel projects since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed. These include projects that violate Indigenous rights, like the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
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COP26: A test for humanity, a time for action
The Glasgow climate conference is “a test for who we are as humans” according to Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan.
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Greenpeace reaction to Quebec stopping all fossil fuel extraction
In reaction to Quebec’s Premier François Legault announcement to stop all fossil fuel extraction in the province, Patrick Bonin, Climate & Energy campaigner at Greenpeace Canada, said.
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Une vie d’activisme et un héritage d’action
Elle a également compris l’importance de responsabiliser les gouvernements et les entreprises pour leurs actions. Qu'en plaidant pour des politiques et des mesures qui mèneront à un avenir soutenable, nous avons une chance d'éviter certaines des pires conséquences du changement climatique, de recul de la biodiversité et de l'injustice sociale.
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Beneficiaries warn Canada’s largest pensions of legal duty to manage climate-related financial risks
(Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal) - Letters were delivered today to the boards and executive of Canada’s 10 largest pension fund managers requesting information on how the funds are meeting their legal fiduciary obligations to beneficiaries in the face of a worsening global climate crisis. These pension funds together have nearly $2 trillion in assets under…
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Sortons la Caisse du Carbone Coalition welcomes CDPQ’s exit from oil
(Montreal) - The Sortons la Caisse du carbone coalition welcomes the CDPQ’s decision to say goodbye to oil production in its investment portfolio. The announcement comes five years after the launch of a public campaign calling for the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to get out of fossil fuels, and two years…