The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today joined French President François Hollande, U.S. President Barack Obama and Bill Gates to announce the launch of Mission Innovation, an ambitious clean technology initiative that partners Canada with the United States, 18 other countries, and leading representatives from the private sector.
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World leaders from nearly 150 nations gathered in Paris on Monday, for the start of a historic United Nations climate conference.
“Given that we’re already locked into climate change trajectories for many years to come, increased investment in adaptation has to be at the core of the new climate agreement”, said Naoko Ishii, the head of the Global Environmental Facility which is administering the fund. The statement came in a release issued Monday.
It was the last of Trudeau’s frenetic networking, which included sitting down with the presidents of the European Union and European Commission, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – where he accepted an invitation to visit Israel – and a brief address to an event hosted by the World Bank. “We will not sacrifice growth, we will create growth”. “We want Trudeau to actually listen”, she said.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key presented the communiqué to Figueres by calling subsidy removal “the missing piece of the climate change puzzle” and pointing out that subsidies have driven about one third of global emissions between 1980 and 2010. They help mitigate the impacts of climate changes, are often the most cost effective approach to carbon sequestration and storage, and can also be incorporated into strategies at the local, provincial and national levels. “An opportunity to build a sustainable economy based on clean technology”.
Mr Turnbull told reporters in Malta on Saturday that Mr Shorten had set a very high target but given no indication of how it could be achieved. “Together, we will focus on pressing global issues, including climate change, something for which the President has demonstrated real leadership”.
Hollande has been travelling the world drumming up support for a massive military response, including more air strikes by more countries, at exactly the same time Trudeau’s government says it will remove Canada’s six CF18s from Iraq and Syria and step up military training instead.
McKenna said the funds would help the poorest nations adapt to the effects of climate change.
“They signed an worldwide communiqué on fossil fuel subsidy reform and late last week they committed $2.65-billion to climate financing”.
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She also said that Canada’s record on fighting climate change really “belongs to the provinces” and the individual efforts they’ve been making over the years. “We’re talking about the future of the planet, the future of life”.
