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Leaders must seize decisive moment for climate finance at COP29
World leaders at the UN climate change conference COP29 in Baku must respond boldly to another year of record temperatures and rising emissions by agreeing a robust new finance goal to support desperately needed climate action in developing countries.
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Civil society groups denounce the criminalization of environmental protest
Several key players from environmental and social justice groups came together to denounce the criminalization of peaceful protest. This united statement responds to the arrest and prolonged detention of three environmental activists as well as a broader wave of repression against the movement.
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Greenpeace Canada applauds the Mathur case vs Ontario Court of Appeal ruling
Today, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the seven Ontario youth allowing their appeal. The judge will have to re-consider whether Ontario failed to produce a climate plan and a target that complies with the Charter rights. In reaction to the ruling, Priyanka Vittal, Legal Counsel at Greenpeace Canada declared
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Climate experts react to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s sustainable finance announcement
Thousands of sustainable finance experts from around the world gathered in Toronto this week for the PRI in Person conference, offering the Canadian federal government an important opportunity to deliver details on Canada’s approach to sustainable finance.
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Federal elections – Parties must commit to respecting the Quebec Environmental Consensus
The Vire au vert coalition, made up of twenty one Quebec civil society organizations, is calling on the federal political parties represented in the House of Commons to commit to respecting the Quebec Environmental Consensus as they develop their respective political platforms for the upcoming federal election campaign.
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Canadians overwhelming (93%) support anti-greenwashing legislation: Poll
New data shows that Canadians overwhelmingly support the core of the new federal anti-greenwashing legislation (Bill C-59), with 93% of Canadians supporting the statement “Companies should face penalties for making environmental claims that they can’t prove are true”, according to a survey conducted by Angus Reid Forum and commissioned by Greenpeace Canada.
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We all want truth in advertising
On June 19, Bill C-59 received its final reading. One measure of the law includes amendments to the Competition Act that will enforce greenwashing laws regarding what companies say about…
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Chill Your Heatwave: Greenpeace offers free vegan ice cream in Montreal to expose Big Oil driving the planetary thermostat up
In the midst of an intense heat wave hitting Montreal today, Greenpeace Canada activists are out on Mont-Royal Avenue with their “Chill Your Heatwave” bike, serving free vegan ice cream to offer a refreshing perspective on these extreme temperatures. Activists highlighted the fossil fuel industry’s leading role in driving these extreme temperatures and demanded fossil…
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The pitch for a Climate Recovery Fund
While climate disasters disrupt lives around the world, the fossil fuel industry evades accountability. They need to pay into a Climate Recovery Fund.
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How Is Climate Change Fuelling Forest Fires in Canada?
As the 2024 wildfire season gets underway, we fear another record year. The fires are being aggravated by the climate crisis, and the fossil fuel industry is igniting the flame.
