je.st
news
Tag: trudeau
Trudeau pledges $2.65B to climate change fund at Commonwealth summit
2015-11-27 18:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Canada is making a five-year, $2.65 billion contribution to help developing countries tackle climate change. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement Friday at the summit of Commonwealth leaders in Malta, where the battle against global warming is becoming the dominant issue. The money is part of Canada's commitment towards an international climate fund seeking to raise US$100 billion annually by 2020. "Canada is back and ready to play its part in combating climate change and...
Tags: change
fund
climate
climate change
Trudeau to press climate-change agenda at Commonwealth meeting
2015-11-26 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Post: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has landed in Malta for a meeting of leaders of the Commonwealth, an organization facing an internal crisis, concerns over Indias climate commitments, and some troubling questions about a top contender for secretary-general. Trudeau was to hold a bilateral meeting late Thursday with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, before the biennial Commonwealth summit officially gets underway on Friday. The 53 member countries representing about 2.3 billion people will...
Tags: press
meeting
agenda
commonwealth
Can Trudeau make deal with the premiers to fight climate change?
2015-11-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Macleans: On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will convene the premiers to discuss a national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At week`s end, they will all then fly together to Paris for the United Nations climate conference. Trudeau has then given himself three months to finalize a target for GHG reductions and a deal with the provinces to achieve that target. To discuss Trudeau`s chances, Maclean`s spoke with David McLaughlin, former president of the National Roundtable on the Environment...
The heat is on: Trudeau faces big challenges in climate change fight
2015-11-20 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ottawa Citizen: With the Liberals eager to put Canadas reputation as an environmental laggard on ice, and with real momentum among world leaders, hopes are high that the Paris climate talks may succeed where previous promises have melted away. Jason Fekete does a reality check It`s a critical moment for Canada on the world stage, a chance to show just how serious the country is about battling climate change. Next week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accompanied by most of the premiers travels to Paris for...
Trudeau ordered ban on north coast oil tankers expected to kill oil pipeline
2015-11-17 08:23:22| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
By Tamsyn Burgmann THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -Conservationists are heralding the federal government's decision to ban crude oil tanker traffic along British Columbia's north coast as the death knell for the proposed Enbridge oil pipeline. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered instructions Friday to the ministers of transport, fisheries, natural resources and environment to formalize a moratorium that experts say blocks the controversial Northern Gateway project from continuing.
Tags: north
expected
oil
coast
Sites : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] next »