Some nations have announced new commitments while others reiterate old promises
Around $3.5 trillion is required between now and 2050 to meet targets for a “sustainable path,” according to the International Energy Agency. AP
The Suweida makeshift camp for internally displaced people in Yemen’s Marib province in September. The effects of climate change have exacerbated the displacement of local populations over the course of the country’s ongoing war. AFP
A firefighter monitors a controlled burn while fighting the Dolan Fire near Jolon, California, in September. The wildfire was an indication of climate change further getting out of control according to environmentalists. Photographer: Nic Coury/Bloomberg
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After years of promising that the country’s Paris Agreement target of 30% by 2030 was a “floor”, not a “ceiling” on Canada’s climate ambition, Trudeau told the White House summit the country is “now on track to blow past our old target,” with emissions falling to 439 megatonnes this decade. “He conceded it may be tough for Canada, a major energy producer, to cut emissions so deeply, but he said all countries must rise to the challenge,” CBC writes.
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Canadian musicians join the fight for climate justice New groups like Music Declares Emergency and Climate Live are inspiring urgent climate action and a more sustainable music scene by Richard Trapunski on April 22nd, 2021 at 4:00 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
Brighid Fry has grown up in the climate movement.
A constant presence by the side of her mother Kim Fry, who worked for Greenpeace and other climate activist groups, she’s been going to climate protests since she was a baby.
“I remember being three or four and people would ask me ‘Are you going to be a climate activist like your mom?’ And I’d be like, ‘No, I’m going to become a famous rock star. And then when I speak about climate stuff, people will listen’,” the 18-year-old musician recalls. Fry plays in the Toronto folk-rock duo Moscow Apartment with Pascale Padilla.