CLC adopts statement seeking meaningful commitments ahead of UN Climate Change Summit
November 19, 2015
The CLC's COP21 statement calls on Canada to commit to ambitious, achievable science-based targets for significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. I. Labour’s Urgent Need to Address the Climate Crisis Canada and the world must respond forcefully and without delay to the climate crisis. Climate change is already having significant negative impacts on workers and their communities, in Canada and around…
CLC report: reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Canada
November 18, 2015
Ten lessons Canada can learn from the U.S. on reducing greenhouse gas emissions Table of Contents Introduction Post-1990 – Emissions Rise, Kyoto Falls in North America Copenhagen and beyond – U.S. on track to meet 4% below 1990; Canada way off course to meet 7% over 1990 U.S. Emissions Reductions at the Federal Level – the President Barack Obama Plan…
Letter to former Prime Minister Harper on just transition
November 17, 2015
The CLC wrote to former prime minister Harper in March, 2015 urging commitments that would mean transition to a very low carbon economy within by 2050. Dear Prime Minister: As per the agreement of the United Nations Conference of the Parties in Lima in December 2014, Canada is expected to announce in March 2015 its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)…
What you need to know about the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
November 4, 2015
With the recent federal election dominating the airwaves, many Canadians missed hearing about one of the UN’s most important summits of the year. Between September 25 and 27 the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit was held in New York, and that world leaders endorsed Transforming Our World – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2030 Agenda includes 17 Sustainable…
The Transition In order to begin making the transition over the next 10 years, we maintain the federal government needs to develop a renewable energy development strategy. During this period, public investments totalling $4.65 billion need to be made to simulate the development of renewable energy sources with a priority being put on public sector owned and operated wind, solar, geothermal,…
Green Homes – real Alternatives for a Green Economy
April 24, 2015
Real initiatives – Green Homes and Green Buildings Canada is cold in the winter and only 10 per cent of our buildings are energy efficient. Green Homes and Green Buildings is about making what we have as efficient as possible, while cutting greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. Improving energy efficiency is a clean, inexpensive and prudent step that can pay for itself…
About the Green Economy Network Imagine environmental groups, labour organizations and social justice and youth movements working together to find real solutions to tackle climate change. Wouldn’t that be cool? Well, that’s exactly what the Green Economy Network is. Spurred by Canada’s failure to take action to move toward an authentic green economy, leaders of more than twenty prominent groups formed…
All we want for earth day is a government that prioritizes the creation of quality green jobs in the clean energy sector. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is working with environmental organizations to make this happen. In the coming federal election, we will be asking the parties what they will be doing to create green jobs for thousands of Canadians…
The labour movement cares about global climate change because it affects our members and all Canadians. We want to create good, green jobs for Canadians to boost the economy and protect the environment we live in. Every December there is a global climate change conference. This year, November marks the opening of the 21st annual Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to…
The new year offers a new opportunity for a Canadian job recovery strategy that works
January 9, 2015
CLC President Hassan Yussuff says that after yet another year of job-market under performance, disappointing economic growth, and “wait-and-see” assurances from political leaders, 2015 brings a new opportunity to make a fresh start in the Canadian labour market. “The federal government has the opportunity right now to invest in a better future for all Canadians. Ottawa’s single-minded obsession with austerity…