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Heads-Up to Canadians: Your Government is Financing Pollution
The climate hypocrisy of the Trudeau government continues to elude most Canadians. A recent report—What do Canadians Really Think About Climate Change—shows that 71%...
We Don’t Have Time – Financing The Race To Zero
Below2C is a proud We Don't Have Time partner to the Exponential Climate Action Summit - Financing the Race to Zero virtual event on...
Meeting Paris Targets Requires Full Transformation of the Economy
To reach Paris goals will require a full-out transformation of the global economy. It will demand that we make both individual and collective lifestyle...
When Will My Bank (RBC) Divest From Fossil Fuels?
Did you know that there are roughly 7.5 million grandparents living in Canada? And many, like Lorraine Green (and myself), have become climate activists,...
The Weak Links in Canada’s New and “Improved” Climate Plan
Five years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, Canada now has a second climate plan, a revised and "improved" version of the Pan-Canadian...
The Betrayal Behind Canada’s Climate Policy
Deep down we know that something is very wrong. We can see that we're not actually making progress, To the contrary, we're falling further...
Indigenous Women Leaders Tell Banks To Stop Financing Climate Chaos
The 2021 Banking on Climate Chaos report is the most comprehensive analysis on fossil fuel banking produced to date. Since the Paris agreement in...
Carbon Pricing Survives in Canada – Now Time To Move On
Last week, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the federal government has the right to impose minimum carbon-pricing standards...
Canadian Attitudes on Climate Change – Not What It Seems
What Do Canadians Really Think About Climate Change? is a report "designed to help communicators understand public opinion on climate change in Canada." Canadian...
Banking On Climate Chaos: World’s Top 60 Banks Pump USD 3.8 Trillion In Fossils...
Despite a massive global drop in fossil fuel demand and production during the pandemic, banks’ 2020 fossil fuel financing numbers still remained above 2016...
Support For a Dying Industry Or a Just Green Transition: You Can’t Do Both
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to present her first federal budget within the next few weeks. This pandemic recovery budget offers an opportunity...
Mark Carney: We Can’t Self-Isolate From Climate Change
"Mark Carney is no ordinary banker. He is the banker’s banker, the superstar banker, the George Clooney of banking, possibly even the James Bond...