Climate Emergency Unit

Mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency at the speed & scale not seen since the Second World War. Let's do this! 🤝

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We express our grave disappointment with the Ontario government's establishment of a volunteer Ontario Corps program, which follows op-eds released earlier this year in a similar vein that advocated for volunteer conscription of youth.

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Today, Doug Ford & the Ontario Conservatives announced the creation of the "Ontario Corps"—a volunteer program to respond to disasters & emergency situations in Ontario.

Read the full statement: https://t.co/UpUisjbf7W

Thread:

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In contrast, the national Youth Climate Corps campaign has been advocating for a federally-funded Youth Climate Corps that would offer paid opportunities for young people to be trained and employed in essential, in-demand jobs, including emergency response.

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Reminder that we are on Bluesky now. Please follow us there, on LinkedIn, and on Instagram to stay up to date with the CEU's campaigns.

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The lack of ambition in today's announcement means that our government is failing us and failing the rest of the world, choosing to remain beholden to powerful fossil fuel interests and short-term profits.

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Today's announcement of Canada's new 2035 climate target is a devastating blow to #climatejustice efforts around the world.

Experts have determined that 🇨🇦's fair share of the global effort is ~80% reductions from 2005 levels by 2035 + additional support to the Global South.

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Despite challenges of being a federation, we need imaginative & transformative leadership from the feds to build programs & institutions for a post #fossilfuel economy.

🇨🇦 must utilize tools like #windfallprofitstax to curb the greed of Big Oil & incentivize a low-carbon future.

[Anjali Appadurai @AnjaliApp]

The real winners of #COP29 are the fossil fuel lobbyists; the draft text on the table is nothing short of a victory of them. Gone are the pillars that would have enabled the next era of #climateaction: public, grant-based finance and adequate $ for adaptation & #LossAndDamage.

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Important words from our campaigns director @AnjaliApp ⬇️

[Anjali Appadurai @AnjaliApp]

The #UNFCCC talks have lasted 30 yrs. We've had global conversations around critical demands like #LossAndDamage and #climatefinance to pay the Global North's climate debt to dvping countries. It was well-known that the current finance goal of $100bn was too low, met too late.

[Keith Stewart @climatekeith]

Not going gently into that dark night of Trump-lite in Canada. I’m currently chained to a replica oil jack blocking Pierre Poilievre’s driveway, calling him out for protecting polluters over people

[CAN-Rac Canada @CANRacCanada]

🚨The #JustTransition Work Programme negotiations at #COP29 have been deeply concerning, and with the hours counting down, so much is at stake.

Our Executive Director @carobrouillette’s response:

[Seth Klein @SethDKlein]

As physicians and environmental health scientists, we are calling for a new environmental assessment before a BC LNG project proceeds, write Margaret McGregor, Melissa Lem and Tim Takaro #Climate #LNG https://t.co/7NKHEyMVDc

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We have a new account!

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@AnjaliApp is at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan advocating for strong climate finance commitments from wealthy nations like Canada.

For more on why we are attending COP29 & our commitments, read: https://t.co/L12Ac8STUj

or watch this video: https://t.co/T0XauPdgQN

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and sign this petition if you haven't already:
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Protect Wet’suwet’en land defenders!

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Wetʼsuwetʼen land defenders are being criminally prosecuted just for defending their lands. Now they are fighting for its very survival, and the survival of our planet during a global climate crisis.

Watch this video to learn more:

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