Support a fair Canadian response to climate change

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Portrait of clean energy engineer Tariro Cynthia Mutsindikwa from MCC's partner SCORE Against Poverty.

As Christians, we care about climate change because we love people, and we love God’s good creation. We join in God’s mission to make all things new – envisioning communities worldwide in right relationship with God, one another, and creation (Col. 1:20; Rev. 21:5). Climate change makes this mission harder by increasing inequality and hurting people who are already facing great difficulties and injustices. But it also presents an opportunity to work for justice and peace by responding in a fair way that helps everyone.

Climate change is making natural disasters worse, fewer harvests, stress on water resources, reduced income, food insecurity, and an increased need to migrateThese changes affect families and communities around the world, especially the most vulnerable, including women and girls.

Climate affects everyone globally and requires action from all countries. For Canada, our role in responding to the impacts of climate change extends beyond our borders. We have a responsibility to lower our own impact on the environment, and to support people in countries that are facing higher impacts of climate change.

Canada has promised to do this in global agreements like the Paris Agreement. In these agreements, countries have acknowledged that everyone needs to work together to tackle climate change, but the level of responsibility isn’t the same for everyone. Countries that have produced more greenhouse gases need to take greater responsibility for their role in causing climate change. For example, Canada’s emissions are 15.4 tons per person, while Zimbabwe’s are only 0.8 tons per person.

To meet our commitments and contribute our fair share of global climate action, we believe that Canada should:  

  1. Reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 60% below 2005 levels by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050, in a fair way that supports workers and communities.1
  2. Support communities around the world adjust and adapt to the impacts of climate change now by investing at least 40% of climate finance to adaptation, 40% to mitigation, and 20% to loss and damages.2
  3. Meet our financial commitments. Based on Canada’s emissions and wealth relative to other donor countries, Canada should triple its climate finance funding.3

Join us in encouraging our government to take climate action! With your help, Canada can be a better climate neighbour, and a leader in working towards a just and peaceful future for all.

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To:

Hon. Randeep Sarai

Secretary of State (International Development)

randeep.sarai@parl.gc.ca

Hon. Julie Dabrusin

Minister of Environment and Climate Change

julie.dabrusin@parl.gc.ca

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Rt. Hon. Mark Carney

Prime Minister of Canada

pm@pm.gc.ca

Hon. Andrew Scheer

Leader of the Official Opposition, Conservative Party of Canada

andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca

Yves Francois Blanchet

Chef du Bloc Québécois

Yves-Francois.Blanchet@parl.gc.ca

Don Davies

Leader of the New Democratic Party

don.davies@parl.gc.ca

Elizabeth May

Leader of the Green Party of Canada

elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca

Lianne Rood

Shadow Minister for International Development, Conservative Party of Canada

lianne.rood@parl.gc.ca

Ellis Ross

Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Conservative Party of Canada

ellis.ross@parl.gc.ca

Heather McPherson

Critic for Foreign Affairs and International Development, New Democratic Party

heather.mcpherson@parl.gc.ca