“And no time to waste”.
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The Paris Climate conference kicked off today, and Prime Minister Trudeau made it known that Canada is back in the game when it comes to clean energy technologies, emission reduction goals and climate negotiations.
Negotiators from 195 countries will try to reach a deal in the next two weeks – no easy feat.
“We believe that, along with the worldwide community, Canada can play an important part in bringing this conflict to an end”.
“Climate changes is relevant to unrest in Syria through drought”, she said.
‘When the planet speaks we have no choice but to listen, and it has been speaking to us with a daunting eloquence over the last few years. “None of our coalition allies asked us to leave the air combat mission”.
Saskatchewan’s Premier Wall, meanwhile, said his province must do more to reduce GHGs because Saskatchewan is a high per-capita emitter, but that Canada’s political leaders must be mindful of the economy when crafting the climate plan.
U.S. President Barack Obama called the gathering “an act of defiance” when addressing the delegates.
“What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshalling our best efforts to save it”, he told the morning plenary. Heads of government from the Commonwealth family on Saturday had pledged to demand an “ambitious” and legally binding outcome from the world climate change summit in Paris. With Alberta’s Climate Change Advisory Panel (Climate Panel) having completed its public consultation and many industry leaders encouraging Alberta to take action on climate change to improve Alberta’s environmental image, it is not surprising that Premier Rachel Notley and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips are making some of that news.
And in his speech Monday, he said the policies to come include carbon pricing, which he has promised on a national scale, as well as “support for energy efficiency, clean electricity and transport, and sustainable buildings and infrastructure”.
“I think we and all Canadians should work as hard as we can to put together new targets, new commitments to financing, and re-ratify the Kyoto protocol in order to have access to new clean energy”. It’s at that meeting the “how” of achieving Canada’s emissions targets is expected to be firmed up.
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.
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The French president pointed specifically to climate financing – Trudeau announced a new, five-year $2.65 billion pledge this week – and also stressed the importance of setting a price on carbon emissions, which he noted the new Canadian government is adopting.
