| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, alongside a number of environmental organizations at John Hendry Park in Vancouver announced over $1 million in funding to support twelve new projects in British Columbia over the next four years under the EcoAction Community Funding Program.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
Canada announces 12 new projects in British Columbia under EcoAction
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Minister Guilbeault to announce new funding for conservation initiatives across Canada
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, alongside Patrick Weiler, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country, announced an investment of more than $926,000 over four years to increase biodiversity conservation efforts in the Átl’ka7tsem / Howe Sound Biosphere Region.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | statements
Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, concluded a productive series of meetings at the G20 Joint Environment and Climate Ministers Meeting on August 31. The Parliamentary Secretary reaffirmed Canada’s unwavering commitment to ambitious and sustained action to combat the climate and biodiversity crises through participation in the G20.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, alongside Member of Parliament for West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country, Patrick Weiler, will be making a significant announcement regarding biodiversity and conservation in British Columbia.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | statements
Ministerial statement on provincial and territorial protection on nature collaboration ahead of COP15
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, announced nearly $30 million in funding for more than eighty First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Guardians initiatives across the country. These initiatives to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are taking place from coast to coast to coast, providing benefits for Indigenous communities, the natural environment, and species at risk, including boreal caribou.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, during an event at Lafarge Canada’s St-Constant cement plant, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced the launch of the Net-Zero Challenge, a new national voluntary initiative for businesses operating in Canada.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
The Net-Zero Challenge is a voluntary initiative that encourages companies to develop and implement credible and effective plans to transition their facilities and operations to net-zero emissions by 2050.
