Dear Minister Guilbeault<\/p>\n
CC. Francis Pigeon, Executive Director – Canada Pavilion at COP27<\/p>\n
Re: Kick polluters out of the Canada Pavilion<\/p>\n
Civil society organizations are concerned about oil, gas and petrochemical companies being given event space at the first-ever COP Canada Pavilion.\u00a0We are formally requesting that the Canada Pavilion cancel the Nov. 11 Pathways Alliance Event and all events featuring participation by oil, gas or petrochemical companies.<\/strong><\/p>\n Industries aligned with climate action are welcomed in event programming, and there are many of these companies present at COP27. However, oil and gas companies, like those active within the Pathways Alliance, have been the biggest obstacle to climate action \u2014 both at COP and back in Canada, and for decades now have made their fortunes while millions around the world suffer the tragedies of climate impacts.<\/p>\n Oil and gas companies are touting themselves as climate leaders, while in fact their activities continue to erode the rights and negatively impact the health and culture of Indigenous communities, notably through trillions of liters of toxic waste stored in tailings \u201cponds.\u201d Companies keep pointing to carbon capture and storage \u2014 despite the technology\u2019s decades-long track record of underperformance and failure. And even if the technology did work, carbon capture would do nothing about the environmental harm caused to Indigenous nations at the frontlines of oil and gas extraction. Carbon capture cannot address the 80%-90% of emissions that are emitted when the oil and gas they pump out of the ground gets burned. The industry isn\u2019t interested in carbon capture to reduce emissions \u2014 it\u2019s about greenwashing its plans to continue producing fossil fuels for decades to come.<\/p>\n Platforming these companies at the Canada Pavilion is harmful for our global reputation. The net-zero recommendations from the UN expert body chaired by former Minister of the Environment Catherine McKenna were clear: \u201cYou cannot be a net-zero leader while continuing to build or invest in fossil fuel supply.\u201d<\/p>\n We call on the government of Canada and those charged with managing the Canada Pavilion to heed this call, and remove any future events featuring oil, gas, and petrochemical companies from the official Pavilion schedule of events.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Environmental Defence<\/p>\n \u00c9quiterre<\/p>\n Climate Action Network Canada<\/p>\n Indigenous Climate Action<\/p>\n Keepers of the Water<\/p>\n The Canadian Union of Postal Workers- CUPW-STTP<\/p>\n Stand.earth<\/p>\n David Suzuki Foundation<\/p>\n Centre qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois du droit de l\u2019environnement (CQDE)<\/p>\n Oil Change International<\/p>\n 350.org<\/p>\n Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment<\/p>\n Fresque de la biodiversit\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n Citizens\u2019 Climate Lobby Canada<\/p>\n AbibiNsroma Foundation Canadian Voice of Women for Peace<\/p>\n Women\u2019s International League for Peace and Freedom<\/p>\n Grand(m)others Act to Save the Planet (GASP)<\/p>\n Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN!)<\/p>\n Wilderness Committee<\/p>\n Climate Emergency Unit<\/p>\n G\u00e9n\u00e9ration climat Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique au Qu\u00e9bec SCFP-Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n The Council of Canadians<\/p>\n Ontario Clean Air Alliance<\/p>\n Greenpeace Canada<\/p>\n Calgary Climate Hub<\/p>\n Leadnow<\/p>\n The Climate Reality Project Canada<\/p>\n Protect Our Winters Canada<\/p>\n Greater Victoria Climate Hub<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Minister Guilbeault CC. Francis Pigeon, Executive Director – Canada Pavilion at COP27 Re: Kick polluters out of the Canada Pavilion Civil society organizations are concerned about oil, gas and petrochemical companies being given event space at the first-ever COP Canada Pavilion.\u00a0We are formally requesting that the Canada Pavilion cancel the Nov. 11 Pathways Alliance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":17054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[911,905],"tags":[],"ressource_annee":[],"categorie_association":[938],"ressource_type":[],"class_list":["post-17053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","category-energy-and-natural-resources","categorie_association-nouvelles-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCanadian Health Association for Sustainability and Equity (CHASE)<\/p>\n