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today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced a $5.5 million new call for proposals to fund projects in flood mapping science, hydrologic prediction, and climate adaptation.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
This week at the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit, world leaders and ministers addressed the role that methane emissions play as one of the key drivers contributing to the increase in extreme climate-related weather events worldwide.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
As people in Canada and around the world face the devastating realities of climate change—from wildfires to floods to heatwaves—this is the moment to raise our ambition on climate action.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
This week, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will be in New York City from September 18 to 22, 2023, to participate in the United Nations General Assembly’s Climate Ambition Summit and a week of high-level engagements.
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Canada always strives to play a constructive role on the international stage, as nations work together to fight the triple crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has been invited by the COP28 President Designate to facilitate political-level discussions ahead of the climate summit in Dubai, and in the context of the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement.
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On September 12, 2023, Cyril D’Souza, an Ontario taxidermist, pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice in Oshawa to two counts of violating the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA). D’Souza was fined a total of $60,000, which will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. In addition, the Court ordered D’Souza to forfeit one full polar bear mount and two hides or rugs.
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Methane is a potent, but relatively short-lived greenhouse gas, 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a twenty-year period. Cutting methane emissions from all sources, including landfills, is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to combat climate change.
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Randle Reef partners announce the award of a construction contract to start Stage 3 of the Randle Reef Contaminated Sediment Remediation Project.
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Government of Canada invests in one of the largest relatively undisturbed temperate forests in the world
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The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has wrapped up his attendance at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED).
