Monthly Archives: May 2022

Our societies are at crossroads. After years of study and two reports analyzing the depth of the climate crisis, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released early April the third part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Despite increasing evidence of climate action, emissions have continued to increase globally and the reduction targets each country pledged to reach by 2030 will not be enough to limit the rise in temperature to 1.5C degrees above pre-industrial levels. If the world can still hope to stave off the worst ravages of climate breakdown if temperatures soar to more than 3C degrees, an [...]

Following the private roundtable on the challenges and future of the Canadian Transport Industry organized on January 12th 2022 by The International Economic Forum of the Americas, EUCCAN carried out an extensive consultation with its members and stakeholders to gather their views onthe future of Canadian Clean Transportation. After sending a Position Paper to the Federal government presenting a short series of six actionable initiatives, we had a follow-up meeting on May 19th 2022 in Ottawa with the Minister's cabinet to discuss EU views, exchange on the new budget and arrange follow-up actions. Download the Position Paper Future of Canadian Clean [...]