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A Concerned and Disappointed Young Canadian
By madelinekovacs on December 17, 2009
As a concerned Canadian, I can’t help but feel embarrassed by the Canadian government’s depressing performance in Copenhagen and in climate issues in general.
Canada’s federal target is 3 per cent below 1990’s level by 2020, equivalent to 20 per cent less than 2006’s level, a target wholly inadequate to address the demands of science [...]
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Young Canadians disappointed in lack of government leadership
By DevonWillis on December 16, 2009
This morning I went to the half-hour briefing that the Canadian Delegation runs in the morning for Canadians at the Bella Center. I’ve been there many times, but this time I arrived with a question.
Yesterday morning the meeting – the last meeting that all of civil society from Canada could attend as access started to [...]
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United for Survival
By KariHergott on December 16, 2009
A youth Indigenous perspective on the Canadian Tar Sands
Story by Kari Hergott, Fort Providence Métis
“Climate Change is a Human Issue. Our lives have already been altered by the impacts of the climate crisis. Climate change has affected our health, our food security and our cultural identities”
Excerpt from the Declaration of the Young Leaders’ Summit on [...]
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