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SUMMARY: Canada’s Climate Contradiction: Talking Green While Expanding Foss
 il Fuels
DESCRIPTION: Canada and BC speak the language of climate leadership while s
 upporting fossil fuel expansion. The federal and provincial governments are
  using financial and political instability to fast-track fossil fuel infras
 tructure in the name of national sovereignty. Meanwhile\, market-based carb
 on solutions (i.e.\, carbon credits) are being used to justify fossil fuel 
 use citing ‘offsetting’ measures. This […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><a href="https://youtu.be/zeHnEH2uTtk?si=Z
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 "][/buttons]</p><p class="">Canada and BC speak the language of climate lea
 dership while supporting fossil fuel expansion. The federal and provincial 
 governments are using financial and political instability to fast-track fos
 sil fuel infrastructure in the name of national sovereignty. Meanwhile\, ma
 rket-based carbon solutions (i.e.\, carbon credits) are being used to justi
 fy fossil fuel use citing ‘offsetting’ measures. This panel brought togethe
 r climate justice advocacy\, research\, and political voices to discuss how
  to meet the current moment and build towards a climate-just future. Speake
 rs talked about policy greenwashing\, discussed structural inequities\, and
  explored what communities can do to reject false solutions.</p><p class="e
 mpty">​</p><p class="">​<strong>PANELISTS</strong></p><p class="">​<strong>
 Keynote: Am Johal<br /></strong>(Greenpeace\, Board Chair) (<a href="https:
 //www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/about-us/our-board/?utm_source=luma" target=
 "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bio</a>)</p><p class="">​<strong>Atiya Jaf
 far<br /></strong>(Canada Country Manager\, 350.org) (<a href="https://350.
 org/canada/about-us?r=CA&c=NA&utm_source=luma" target="_blank" rel="nofollo
 w noopener">bio</a>)</p><p class="">​<strong>Emily Lowan<br /></strong>(Par
 ty Leader\, BC Greens) (<a href="https://bcgreens.ca/emily-lowan/?utm_sourc
 e=luma" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bio</a>)</p><p class="">​<s
 trong>Thomas Green<br /></strong>(Senior Manager of Climate Solutions\, Dav
 id Suzuki Foundation) (<a href="https://davidsuzuki.org/expert/thomas-green
 /?utm_source=luma" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bio</a>)</p><p c
 lass="">​<strong>Moderator: Amy Harris</strong><br />(Senior Research Manag
 er\, Centre for Climate Justice) (<a href="https://climatejustice.ubc.ca/pr
 ofile/amy-harris/?utm_source=luma" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">
 bio</a>)</p><p> </p><p>[buttons][button link_text="Watch Full Recording" li
 nk_url="https://youtu.be/zeHnEH2uTtk?si=m2_5DPpOHR8mLr4Z"][/buttons]</p>
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