Canada Pavilion at COP27 – Event Program Schedule

Pathways Alliance brings together Canada’s six largest oil sands producers, representing 95% of Canada’s oil sands production, to help Canada meet its 2030 target and commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.    

This panel will elaborate on the importance of collaboration and partnerships between government, Indigenous communities, and industry in achieving net-zero emissions through Pathways Alliance’s foundational project. This project is a major carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) system and transportation line connecting oil sands facilities in northern Alberta to a joint underground carbon storage hub. Highlighting Canadian leadership and innovation in the clean tech and energy sectors, the oilsands producers aim to achieve a 22 megatonne annual reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050. 

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This session will begin with a brief video showing the landscapes and impacts of climate change in British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and Yukon. The Yukon will then moderate a panel with the Ministers of Environment for PEI and BC to discuss the opportunities and challenges within these regions. Then Deputy Ministers and Assistant Deputy Ministers from each of the three provinces will participate in a moderated discussion that focuses on unique challenges, lessons learned, and potential synergies. Policies and initiatives that are expected to have the biggest impact will be discussed, especially in terms of clean tech and energy, with the goal of showcasing three distinct provinces on the same path to decarbonization. This session will reflect on the breadth of Canada’s climate action and show how provinces are engaged and how they can work cooperatively in the future. 

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This session will tell the story of how sustainable forestry will help address the most pressing concern of our generation and help shape the greener future that we deserve. From the forest floor of BC, where foresters are fighting the effects of climate change, to the front-line fight in our cities, where building tall with wood can create more climate-conscious communities, sustainable Canadian forestry can put our country on the path toward meeting our net-zero emissions targets.   

The topics – told by five individuals – speak to misconceptions about Canada’s forest sector, regrowth and renewal, the pillars of forestry in Canada, working with the forest, resiliency, and “future-proofing” communities.    

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Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service will host a pitch session, where Canadian clean technology and green infrastructure firms will pitch their mitigation and adaptation projects and innovative solutions. This session will assemble climate fund managers and other investors to learn about investment opportunities for made-in-Canada solutions to the climate crisis around the world.   

The pitch session will include presentations from four innovative Canadian companies: Instream Energy Systems Corp. (renewable energy / hydro), GHG Sat Inc. (climate analysis), Livestock Water Recycling Inc. (agriculture / manure treatment), and Viridis Terra (reforestation and land restoration).  

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Decarbonize is an immersive experience that challenges participants to strategize through decades of market disruption in a life-sized simulation that unfolds over one session. This session will use experiential learning to spur creative approaches and action towards decarbonization. Participants will: 1) Explore the trade-offs required to transition towards a low carbon economy and meet net zero goals; 2) Learn about emerging technologies and business models coming out of the Canadian ecosystem that are demonstrating plausible impacts on carbon reduction; and 3) Test the boundaries of what is possible to decarbonize. Participants will experiment in a sandbox to rethink how to reduce carbon, succeed in a greener future, and bring these learnings into their real-world every day 

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Recent studies suggest the circular economy can help mitigate the 45% of global GHG emissions linked to how we make and use products, and how we produce food and manage land (Ellen MacArthur Foundation).  The circular economy seeks to shift from the current linear (take-make-dispose) model of economic growth to a model based on three principles: i) design out waste and pollution, ii) keep products and materials in use, and iii) regenerate natural systems.  

This session will explore how circular economy approaches can support climate change mitigation efforts. It will explore pathways to decarbonization through increased circularity, with case studies from key sectors. Experts from government, non-governmental organizations, and academia will discuss current efforts and best practices, and identify opportunities for further action on the circular economy to support climate ambition.  

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Independent climate councils are a critical element of the governance frameworks needed to meet climate objectives and build accountability for climate pledges. This panel will feature climate councils from Canada, Ireland, South Africa, and New Zealand in a facilitated conversation about providing expert advice and assessing climate policy implementation, sharing lessons learned, and discussing how to sustain durable climate progress in dynamic global and domestic contexts. This event will highlight Canada’s recent climate legislation and the establishment of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, while raising the profile of climate councils as an institutional mechanism for climate action around the world. Speakers will provide insights from their national contexts for other countries interested in developing their own councils or working collaboratively with existing councils.  

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Hosted by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, this panel demonstrates the crucial role of local governments in helping national governments achieve net zero emissions. Local governments around the world are creating local GHG inventories, setting ambitious climate targets, and developing and implementing bold climate action plans. This conversation between Canadian and international mayors and municipal sector representatives will show how cities are driving climate action, and with the right support and policy alignment with other orders of government, can do more to implement local net zero pathways.

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A full society effort is required for Canada to successfully achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) has developed 10 values and principles to serve as a guide for governments, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations to develop net-zero pathways.  

The co-chairs of the NZAB will present the values and principles and explain how the NZAB uses these as the foundation for its advice, including for the Government of Canada’s recent 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. The co-chairs will engage in a dialogue with Canadian leaders on how their organizations have understood and embraced the NZAB’s values and principles in the development of their approaches to net-zero. This event promotes Canadian leadership on net-zero and demonstrates the importance of grounding climate action in a strategic framework of values and principles.  

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In the face of the triple global crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, governments are exploring approaches to preserve ecosystems while moving towards sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. These transformations require the engagement of key stakeholders at all levels, particularly farmers.    

This event will give voice to civil society actors who will share initiatives that promote ecosystem protection as a tool for climate change adaptation and mitigation. It will also facilitate discussion around the role of policies and research to support local action and highlight possible avenues to accelerate the needed integration of civil society actors in national climate and environmental strategies.  

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Awareness of the effects of climate change has been amplified in Canada by the recent floods, wildfires, and heat waves that have damaged critical infrastructure, destroyed personal property, claimed lives, and affected overall health and wellbeing. Advisory tables for Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) have urged the federal government to establish long-term transformational goals to address the widespread effects of climate change while also setting near-term targets to reduce disaster risk. This panel features experts advising the development of Canada’s first NAS and will focus on how disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation policy can be aligned to address Canada’s vulnerability and exposure to rapidly intensifying severe weather.

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Some of the most extreme climate change impacts that are projected to occur by 2050 elsewhere in the world have already been observed in the Arctic. As a result, people in Canada’s Northern communities are facing unprecedented challenges to their ways of life. While Arctic people are working hard to adapt to climate change impacts, these impacts are projected to increase, and the remoteness of Northern communities, along with the disproportionate extent of changes in the North, increase the risks stemming from climate change. Nevertheless, Arctic communities’ resilience stems from strong relationships, self-sufficiency, working together, and ongoing connections to the land. This session will highlight the importance of partnership and collaboration in Canada’s Arctic. It will inspire ideas for partnership between Arctic jurisdictions, Indigenous governments and organizations, other levels of government, and partners from other countries, academia, and industry.

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The Canada CREWS Project (2016-2022), led by the World Meteorological Organization and funded by the Environment and Climate Change Canada, aimed to build resilience to high-impact hydro-meteorological events by strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems in the Caribbean, South East Asia, and Pacific. This event will showcase some key outcomes of the project with specific examples of Resilience Building in the context of high-impact hydro-meteorological events at regional, national, and community levels. Key project stakeholders from all three regions will provide the audience with an opportunity to understand the importance of investing in Early Warning Systems and consolidate knowledge of their contribution to Resilience Building. 

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The current food system works poorly for much of the world’s population, particularly women and girls, in terms of providing sufficient and nutritious diets within planetary boundaries. A more gender-equitable and resilient food system, including local food systems, is urgently needed to respond to current and future crises and enable implementation of the Paris Agreement. Canada’s current climate finance package includes a commitment to achieve gender equality integration in 80% of projects with Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Systems, and Nature-based Solutions, as key themes. This event will bring together civil society and think-tanks with expertise in agriculture, nutrition, WASH, and adaptation to discuss approaches to enabling climate resilient food systems, critical to human and environmental sustainability. 

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Adaptation Futures (AF2023) is the premier conference series devoted entirely to climate change adaptation. It has been an essential venue for diverse state- and non-state actors, especially for those in the global South, to identify and implement adaptation solutions over the past decades. Adaptation Futures 2023 will be held in October 2023 in Montréal, Canada and will focus on various issues including placing Indigenous people and local knowledge at the forefront of adaptation efforts, experimenting co-production of knowledge in a hybrid format, and actively pursuing transformative justice and equity in a flagship climate conference at both the global and local scales. The COP27 panel will focus on the design logic and scientific reasoning of AF2023, and will illustrate how we seek to respond to the primary concerns within the adaptation communities. This session will also provide the ideal platform to showcase Canada’s efforts in sustaining the momentum on adaptation action on a global scale, being of particular interest to those in the fields of climate and development.

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This panel discussion will focus on how current agriculture innovation in Saskatchewan contributes to decarbonization and enhances food security concerns around the world.  

Saskatchewan is leading the way on technological innovation and sustainable practices and has an incredible story to tell about how the provincial industry has used technological advancement to overcome our harsh climate. Despite a short growing season and minimal precipitation, Saskatchewan is a global leader in the export of dry peas, lentils, canola seed and cereals. Saskatchewan has overcome major ecological issues and through innovative changes in agronomic practices, crops, and technology advancement agriculture lands within the province have become carbon sinks. This has been achieved through a sustained focus on public private research collaboration and funding. This focus continues today, with the Global Institute in Food Security that was established in 2013 and innovative companies such as Lucent Bio Inc. which continue to pave the way in developing sustainable agriculture solutions.

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Saskatchewan welcomes you to meet Saskatchewan based innovative agriculture experts and industry leaders who have developed: pulse crops that are exported worldwide to address food security; soil management and tillage systems that sequester carbon; plant protein through bioprocessing and value-add methods, among other sustainable systems.   

Learn more about public-private partnerships that are forged every day to develop agricultural innovations that will enhance the sustainability of agricultural practices around the world.  

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To achieve gender equity, it is necessary to cut across geographies, cultures, generations, and to recognize and address disparities for long-lasting and impactful change. A continued effort to ensure diversity and gender equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is essential to unlock opportunities to address global challenges, including climate change. Gender equity is a priority for Canada, a key theme of UNFCCC COP27, and a critical factor in achieving the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.    

A rotating display of digital posters showcases the achievements of Canadian women in STEM, promotes potential careers for women in STEM, and highlights the importance of advancing gender equity in science.  This exhibit also sheds light on persistent, often implicit, gender biases in order to improve women’s participation, inclusion, leadership, and recognition in STEM.

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This session will highlight forward-looking insights that focus on the meaningful integration of gender equality and women’s empowerment into climate adaptation and mitigation interventions in the Global South. Drawing on lessons from Southern researchers and practitioners supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), this panel discussion will emphasize themes such as gender-inclusive research, locally led climate action, and mobilizing Southern knowledge for climate policy.   

The event will also include an announcement of a new climate adaptation program with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Netherlands.

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 As a signatory of Equal by 30, a public commitment to work towards equal pay, equal leadership, and equal opportunities for women in the clean energy sector by 2030, the Pembina Institute is hosting this roundtable at COP 27 to connect findings from this Canadian initiative to the equitable energy transformation conversation that is emerging at the global level.  

Building on the Pembina Institute’s research on Canadian women and energy transition, this roundtable session will bring together key stakeholders to ensure energy transformation happens in a way that is innovative and capable of meeting society’s need for energy and equity.  

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Canada has adopted an inclusive, intersectional, and feminist approach to climate finance in line with the Feminist International Assistance Policy. In this panel representatives from the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank Group will discuss how Canada is supporting climate finance projects that put gender at the centre of project design and implementation with the goal to improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable.    

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The world is facing a triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Each year, 8 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into the ocean. A leading platform for public-private collaboration, the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) harnesses the World Economic Forum’s convening power to bring together governments, businesses, and civil society and help translate commitments into meaningful action. As momentum grows towards tackling plastic pollution globally, including negotiations of a new international legally binding instrument, join us as GPAP country partners share their experiences in launching National Plastic Action Partnerships and reducing plastic pollution through collaborative approaches. By convening partners from across the plastics lifecycle, GPAP is championing the shift to a circular economy for plastics as a critical lever to combat climate change. 

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During this session, the participants will share lived experiences in climate action in Canada and present their perspectives on the importance of and practical steps for including 2SLGBTQI+ people in addressing the climate crisis.  A queer framework or methodology acknowledges that gender, sexuality, nature, and human experience exist on a spectrum. Queering: as a deconstructive practice that unsettles normative power binaries— queerness is a way of doing, rather than a way of being.   Queer ideologies of transformative change and challenging normativity have the potential to generate powerful climate solutions. 

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This event will focus on the preservation of rivers, through the granting of legal personality, and how this will protect both the Nile, the world’s second longest river and the St. Lawrence, North America’s third longest river.  Following the declaration of the Magpie Muteshekau Shipu River as a living entity subject of rights by the Innu of Ekuanitshit and the Minganie Regional Municipality in Québec, as well as the tabling of bills to recognize the St. Lawrence River as a legal person, this event will discuss the granting of legal personality to ensure the preservation of the Nile and the St. Lawrence.    

The event will also address how other educational initiatives, such as Blue Cities, can contribute to preserving rivers and mitigate the impacts of climate change. We will also discuss the role of civil society in the adoption of daily actions to assist an equitable distribution of water.  

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In June 2021, Canada announced that it would double its climate finance commitment from $2.65 billion over 2015−2021 to $5.3 billion over 2021−2026. This session will include a diversity of civil society actors from the Canadian Coalition on Climate Change and Development as they look back on lessons from the past and key criteria to carry forward in the new commitment, to ensure maximum impact, effectiveness, and responsiveness to people affected by climate change, including women and girls. This session will highlight what Canada accomplished with its 2015-2021 climate finance commitment, particularly as it relates to the impact on women and girls, what gaps exist and how best to address them, and how Canada can strengthen its climate finance going forward. From illustrating leadership in gender equality to informing COP27 negotiations, such as the Global Stocktake, adaptation, the New Collective Quantified Goal, and Loss and Damage, speakers will draw on climate finance lessons and ideas from other countries and highlight insights from Canada to an international audience.  

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Indigenous women have inherent relationships and responsibilities with and to their traditional lands and waters. These relationships and responsibilities are at the heart of Indigenous Science. Dr. Myrle Ballard will speak to Indigenous Science, and the important work being done by the newly established Indigenous Science Division (ISD) at Environment and Climate Change Canada.  The address will set the stage for a dialogue with fellow panelists, Dr. Susan Chiblow, Dr. Jocelyn Joe-Strack, Jennifer Pylypiw and Megan Dicker Nochasak moderated by Dr. Alexa Alexander-Trusiak. Panelists will share their unique regional perspectives and experience leading activities in the water sphere. This discussion will aim to uplift Indigenous Climate leadership, and highlight the contributions First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women are making while examining some of the challenges and roadblocks in a flexible panel format. 

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The ocean plays a fundamental role in regulating global temperatures by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing close to 50% of the earth’s oxygen. However, these critical services are at risk. Increasingly, nature-based solutions are seen as a means to support climate mitigation and adaptation by allowing ecosystems to return to optimal health. Marine Protected Areas (MPA) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are key components of the global approach to halt biodiversity loss and promote sustainable management of marine ecosystems. A panel composed of Indigenous and international leaders will discuss the potential that marine conservation measures, such as MPAs, have for climate adaptation, including the role of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge to restoring ocean health sufficiently in order to provide food, livelihoods, and to support Indigenous and local coastal communities. 

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A networking event between the members of the Quebec delegation, the Canadian delegation and international companies, aimed at presenting the Solar Impulse Label and environmental solutions, with an emphasis on the collaboration projects of Quebec companies with the Label.

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This event will showcase different initiatives implemented by key stakeholders to advance an equitable transition while decarbonizing the transport sector. Subnational governments, cities, NGOs, and businesses all over the world will have the opportunity to learn more about innovative solutions in this sector.   

By highlighting success stories from Quebec and Scotland, the event will provide a chance to disseminate best practices and inspire other governments all over the world to integrate just transition within their policy-making processes. This session will also discuss how to invest and actively collaborate with private partners and other NGOs to foster sustainable transport systems.   

The issues highlighted in this event are aligned with the priorities of the Canadian government and the Egyptian presidency, who both wish to enhance ambition and promote the decarbonization of the world’ economy in an equitable manner. 

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At COP26, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for more countries around the world to adopt carbon pricing, with a goal of covering 60% of global emissions by 2030.  Canada and Chile are gathering a partnership of carbon pricing champions to highlight recent progress and commit to working together to advance the adoption and expansion of carbon pricing around the world.

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The public launch of the Equitable Framework and Finance for Extractive-based Countries in Transition (EFFECT) will offer the opportunity to present the key highlights of this actionable blueprint for policy makers in fossil-fuel-producer and mineral-rich developing and emerging economies, to seize the transformational opportunities and manage the risks associated with the low-carbon transition.  

A ministerial panel, involving producer and importer governments, will discuss how EFFECT can be implemented at the country and regional level, based on the shared responsibility between producing and consuming economies to drive systemic change and decarbonization, while accounting for development priorities of developing economies. The event will build momentum toward the creation of just energy transition partnerships between advanced and developing economies to facilitate deployment of low-carbon technology, progressive fossil-fuel phase-out/down, renewables phase-in, and capacity building.  

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During this panel session, Alberta will showcase how provincial, federal, industry, and NGO leadership and partnership can manage methane emissions. Panelists representing provincial and federal governments, and businesses and NGOs from Canada, will provide an overview of their historic and current collaborative approaches and success on reducing methane emissions in the oil and gas, agriculture, and waste/wastewater sectors.   

The session will demonstrate how provincial and national policy frameworks fit together, align with the International Energy Agency’s methane reduction regulatory roadmap, and are meeting or exceeding the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0.   

The mitigation of methane emissions is an exciting case study to demonstrate the importance of collaboration, across governments and with partners, working together with various tools to achieve common goals in a timely manner.  

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Canada already has one of the cleanest electricity systems in the world, with more than 80% of our power supply coming from non-emitting sources, including hydroelectric, nuclear, wind, solar, and marine renewable generation. The grid continues to get cleaner. With Canada phasing out coal-fired generation by 2030 and committing to build a net-zero grid by 2035.   

However, Canada will need as much as two to three times more electricity by 2050 to support the electrification of the rest of the economy.   

This discussion will focus on how Canada is prioritizing the use of abundant, established, and emerging non-emitting electricity resources to accelerate our climate progress and decarbonize our country. It will identify the strategies and policies required to facilitate the increased use of electricity to power transportation, buildings, and industry at the scale and speed required to ensure Canada’s net-zero targets can be achieved.  

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Join us for an informal reception bringing together Canadian civil society and media.This mixer will offer a space for journalists, climate experts, and activists to get to know one another better and make new connections, share stories and ideas, and discuss how we can best work together to educate and empower the public to take climate action.  

Hosted by Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat Canada (CAN-Rac), Canada’s widest network of groups working on climate and energy issues, alongside Indigenous Climate Action, Environmental Defence, the David Suzuki Foundation, and Équiterre, this will be a bilingual event and food and drink will be provided. 

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This panel session will bring together a globally diverse group of young energy leaders from a variety of backgrounds in the global clean energy space, and provide a platform to share their stories. The event will support Canada’s goal to profile Canadian leadership and innovation in the energy sector, and promote Indigenous climate leadership. The panel will include young people with expertise in research, entrepreneurship, and advocacy, and they will share their experiences in leading clean climate solutions in their communities in Canada. Finally, the panelists will engage in a dynamic conversation around how young people are leading the way in climate action in areas of policy advocacy, mobilizing communities, and developing technologies. They will identify what other actors can do to support young people who are taking the lead in finding and creating these climate solutions. 

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This event will present new research by the International Institute for Sustainable Development on feasible 1.5°C-aligned energy scenarios and their implications for various sectors to inform policy interventions. The event links international research with policy developments currently happening in Canada, including the proposed cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector and clean electricity regulations, with a view to bolstering the level of ambition of domestic federal and provincial policies, and providing clear guidelines for decision-makers to set their policies in line with the best available science. This event will also include a discussion of how energy scenarios guide public investments internationally and in Canada, with a view to how Canada’s overseas investments could align with ambitious, Paris-aligned scenarios while supporting developing country priorities. 

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The Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) welcomes members and partners to celebrate five years of unprecedented progress in the global coal-to-clean transition. Since its founding by Canada and the United Kingdom at COP23 in Bonn, Germany, the PPCA has played a key role in moving the world closer toward “consigning coal to history.” From its initial 20 members, the Alliance now numbers over 170, across national and subnational governments and the private sector. PPCA members continue to be leaders in the energy transition, with many going beyond their initial phase-out pledges to accelerate their domestic transitions.   

Join us as we reflect together on our achievements over the last five years, and the global actions still needed to keep 1.5 alive. Members will present how they continue to raise ambition, as well as support prospective members of the Alliance through sharing expertise and best practices. 

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This is connected to event: PPCA 5 Year Anniversary: Showcasing Leadership in the Global Effort to Advance Coal Phase Out

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This interactive event will bring the voices and experiences of women from the Global South, peacebuilders and Indigenous leaders to COP27 and make visible their critical role in addressing climate change. It will promote the urgency and importance of Global South leadership in climate policy and programming, as well as explore how to decolonize climate action, including centering Global South leadership. The event will connect COP27 decision-makers with women peacebuilders and Indigenous leaders, featuring speakers from Colombia, DRC, Guyana, Palestine, and South Sudan. In plenary and small group discussions, participants will examine two critical themes: the nexus between women, peace and security, and climate justice; and decolonizing climate action. Speakers will highlight how governments and the private sector can collaborate with civil society in a decolonial approach to peace and climate justice action.

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 This panel event will include participation by high-level speakers, representing governments and a variety of organizations, and focusing on the importance of scaling-up finance and investment in nature-based solutions (NbS) to meet our climate and biodiversity goals. Panelists will present their views on current challenges and barriers to mobilizing investment, and the potential opportunities and solutions for overcoming them, including by showcasing innovative and high-potential approaches that can help unlock increased investment to support the global scale-up of NbS.

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Meet Canada’s Indigenous Chef Shane Chartrand, of the maskêkosak (Enoch Cree Nation). Not only is he one of Canada’s leading chefs, he’s also actively involved in the re-emergence of Indigenous cuisine in Canada. Listen to his stories about how Indigenous Peoples in Canada respect and observe the sustainable and ethical sourcing of ingredients as they understand the importance of preserving the environment for future generations – all of this while preparing an Indigenous Plains Cree fish dish served with puree of syrup baked yam. Assisting Chef Shane are Global Affairs Canada’s Deputy Director Corry Van Gaal and the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) Associate VP Satu Santala. They will talk about the Canada-IFAD partnership in abating the impacts of climate change to food systems and IFAD’s approaches to help Indigenous Peoples adapt to climate change in less developed countries. Brian Thompson, Lead of the Recipes for Change Campaign, will moderate the event.  

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Organized by Équiterre and the Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI), this francophone panel will focus on the role of Québec and Canada in the fight against climate change and the space needed for dialogues with civil society and youth. Giving a platform to Québec youth and civil society to discuss with experts from non-governmental and governmental circles, the panel will explore solutions to the climate crisis for Québec and Canada, including adaptation, while addressing the various issues related to the international climate negotiations from a youth and intersectional perspective.

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Nature-based climate solutions that conserve, restore, and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems hold promise in helping people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. To enhance the legitimacy and effectiveness of such solutions, a greater emphasis needs to be placed on rights-based approaches that ensure social inclusion and gender equity. This event will highlight knowledge products and capacity-building tools developed as part of the Nature for Climate Adaptation Initiative (NCAI), supported by Global Affairs Canada and working in partnership with a global community of practice on ecosystem-based adaptation. Through panel presentations and an interactive Q&A, we will examine how to generate measurable biodiversity co-benefits through NBCS while following rights-based, inclusive approaches, discussing examples from SIDs, Latin America, and Africa.  

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Climate is a collaborative project between the David Suzuki Foundation and the Climate Reality Project branches in the Philippines, Canada, and Africa. It brings together the voices, emotions, and perspectives of climate activists from several continents.  

Artists associated with the initiative created a series of posters as part of the « Hear My Anger! » exhibition and the Art for Climate Justice project, that explore the mobilizing potential of emotions in favour of a holistic, vibrant vision of climate and social justice, while poets crafted three-and four-line pieces to stir readers’ imaginations. The arts enable greater solidarity, and use words and images to ignite the need for action. It is essential that the voices that have been expressed be heard in order to heal from growing cynicism.  

 Let’s make room for the arts to strengthen climate ambition! 

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This discussion will highlight Canada’s actions in the decarbonization of the transportation sector in an opening address. Next, a panel discussion with domestic and global partners will demonstrate the leadership of private and public partners and explore the successful collaborations and developments building the MHZEV ecosystem globally and in Canada. The panel discussion will be a follow up to COP26, the first venue where commitments were made by several jurisdictions globally on ways to reduce emissions from the MHZEV sub-sector. The discussion will be moderated by the International ZEV Alliance (iZEVA) with panelists from the Gouvernement du Québec, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the Netherlands Government, and the Government of Portugal.    

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This panel will provide examples of the implementation of Indigenous-led nature-based climate solutions (NbCS) in four regions of Canada. NbCS are important to deliver measurable outcomes for both climate change and biodiversity, both now and in the future. Incorporating Indigenous rights, governance, and knowledge is an essential and foundational element for implementing successful nature-based climate solutions and capturing the climate adaptation and mitigation benefits, and biodiversity improvements, which in return enhance community well-being.  

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