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Our blog is a space for ideas, stories, and solutions that move climate action forward. Here you'll find articles from the Climate Reality Canada team alongside contributions from community members and climate advocates across the country.
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From COP26 to Your Local Council
By Maheep Sandhu, Community Climate Hubs Manager at the Climate Reality Project Canada In November 2021, I had the privilege to attend the global climate negotiations occurring in Glasgow, Scotland on behalf of the Climate Reality Project Canada. While at COP26, I did live correspondence for community-based partners like the Calgary Climate Hub and The Climate Dialogues, interviewed young people from Kahnawá:ke, observed negotiations for the Climate Action Network-Canada, and
Dec 13, 20217 min read


From COP26 to Your Local Council
By Maheep Sandhu, Community Climate Hubs Manager at the Climate Reality Project In November 2021, I had the privilege to attend the global climate negotiations occurring in Glasgow, Scotland on behalf of the Climate Reality Project Canada. While at COP26, I did live correspondence for community-based partners like the Calgary Climate Hub and The Climate Dialogues, interviewed young people from Kahnawá:ke, observed negotiations for the Climate Action Network-Canada, and marche
Dec 13, 20217 min read


EMPOWERING OUR ELECTED CLIMATE CHAMPIONS
By Grant Linney Late last month, I returned from six restorative days of canoeing in Killarney Provincial Park amidst fall colours, good weather and close friends. It reminded me of an Indigenous distinction between spending much-needed time in nature, in “what made you” versus our all-too-common experience of being distracted by the superficial world of “what you made”. As a career outdoor and environmental educator, I seek to expose people of all ages to the beauty, wonder
Dec 6, 20213 min read


RESPECT FOR THIS EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: MY REFLECTIONS ON SHERRI MITCHELL'S TEACHINGS AS A WHITE CLIMATE ACTIVIST
By Sydney Whiting Sherri Mitchell Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset is an Indigenous lawyer, environmental and social activist, and visionary. The following is a personal reflection to her powerful essay, “Indigenous Prophecy and Mother Earth,” published in the All We Can Save anthology. Through the perpetration of harmful colonial attitudes, the traditional wisdom of Indigenous peoples, knowledge-keepers, and elders have long been neglected in settings of academia, political and
Nov 23, 20213 min read


COP26: HOW WE ENDED UP HERE AND KEY AGENDA ITEMS
By Juvarya Veltkamp The Importance of COP26 I’m writing from Glasgow this week, where there is a lot at stake with the United Nations climate negotiations currently underway, commonly known as COP26. Nearly 200 countries signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, committing to limit global overheating to within 1.5°C of warming . But the latest United Nations Emissions Gap Report finds that commitments known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of the Glasgow ta
Nov 5, 20217 min read
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