May 6, 2024 – Gatineau, Quebec Nature-based climate solutions play a key role in the fight against climate change, and the careful stewardship of Canadian forests is a vital example. Sustainable forest practices promote carbon storage, conserve biodiversity, and ensure resilient forest ecosystems. Environment and Climate Change Canada continues to support sustainable forest practices with
May 2, 2024 – Gatineau, Quebec Cutting the pollution that is fuelling costly climate change while building a strong, sustainable Canadian economy to create jobs and invest in a competitive, decarbonizing world is the key to success in the 21st century. The latest National Inventory Report confirms Canada has bent the curve and is reducing
Backgrounder Environment and Climate Change Canada published Canada’s 2024 National Inventory Report on May 2, 2024. This report details pollution from seven greenhouse gases (GHGs) produced by the Canadian economy from January 1, 1990, to December 31, 2022. Canada has published an annual national inventory since 1996 Since 2016, with Canada’s first national climate plan
April 30, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) wrapped up in Ottawa today, marking significant progress in the development of a legally binding global agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040. As the host country, Canada played a pivotal role in the progress made during this session, setting
April 30, 2024 – Gatineau, Quebec The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has issued the following statement in response to the measures announced today by the Government of Quebec for the Boreal and Mountain Caribou in the Gaspé Peninsula. “I would like to thank the Government of Quebec for presenting their
