The Climate Reality Project Canada is hosting the sole Canadian stop on The REALITY Tour, a global series of in-person training events and an online experience to build the political will for ambitious climate progress. Nearly ten years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, this bold public advocacy initiative is part of a planet-wide effort to meet the changing geopolitical context, supported by an international network of 3.8 million and growing. The tour launches in Pa

What are COPs and why do they matter for local climate action? Since 1995, the United Nations (UN) has held yearly meetings on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to assess international progress made on climate change. These meetings are attended by the Parties of the UNFCCC - the countries who ratified the convention - hence their name: Conference of the Parties, or COP. These meetings have resulted in historic, legally-binding international a

By Linda Lara-Jacobo, Mikellena Nettos, Adrian Werner, Brent Elsey and Émilie Campbell-Renaud The Holidays are a time to get together, eat great food, build memories, and do all the wonderful things that make us feel warm and fuzzy inside. However, it is also a time when wasteful consumer behaviours tend to become exacerbated. To help inspire more sustainable Holiday habits, Climate Reality Leaders from across Canada have come together to prepare this guide to greening your H

By Lou Collin Every year, Climate Reality Leaders across the globe mobilize for a day of action to create an enormous wave of simultaneous advocacy that spans over 24 hours worldwide. I must admit that initially, this annual event, called 2 4 Hours of Reality , raised skepticism in me: it doesn’t take an expert to know that the climate crisis will not be resolved in one day. However, it does take mass grassroots mobilization to create the political will that is needed to cre

Marinella Montanari Hello, and thanks for taking the time to read this article. My name is Marinella Montanari. I am a social entrepreneur, project designer, performing artist, and theatre educator. As a Climate Reality Leader, I was trained in Berlin and Los Angeles in 2018. In 2000, I had the great privilege of co-founding Jobel Group, an innovative art project that is my job, community, dream, and challenge. Climate Change is a sign of our contemporary world. Climate chang