Canada will work with California to tackle climate change and protect the environment, Prime Minister Justin Trinto and Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday. The Partnership on Climate Action and Nature Conservation goes more than a 2019 agreement between the two jurisdictions to reduce vehicle emissions and will work to “provide clean air and water, good jobs and healthy communities”. “, Said a joint statement. The two leaders cited similarities in current policies, including efforts to ban harmful disposable plastics, commitments to clean electricity and the oceans, and conservation plans, and said the agreement restores the existing relationship. “This partnership is simply defining our efforts in particular for electricity, as it relates to the loss of biodiversity – which is often overlooked in the climate debate,” Newsom said. The governor said California is a “stable partner” in climate action regardless of who is in the White House, adding that “this is not going to be resolved in California, it is not going to be resolved in the United States. It will require exchange of knowledge, export of values and opportunities “. The agreement will encourage the exchange of information and best practices, as people face a narrow window to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Asked what would actually change with this signing, Trudeau pointed to a Canadian company working in California to power school buses and heavy vehicles as a result of the signing of the 2019 agreement. “The agreements we are signing here are about cooperation and the creation of opportunities and consequent issues such as nature protection, investment in clean technology and specifically in plastics,” he said. It also comes as gas prices hit record highs and inflation and affordability are major concerns on both sides of the border. Trinto’s press conference with Newsom is in the middle of a busy second day at the US Summit. He met with President Joe Biden and will later attend the first plenary session of the leaders’ summit. He also meets with the President of Argentina before meeting with Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company. On Wednesday, Trinto spent the day talking to leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean to help their countries achieve their sustainable development goals. Goldy Hyder, chairman and chief executive officer of the Canada Business Council, says it may be time to put Canada’s needs on the table. “The world is changing and in response, new alignments are being formed,” said Hyder, who wants Ottawa to become more dynamic with the United States on bilateral issues. Supply chains are changing in real time, thanks to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and governments are realizing that the private sector has a key role to play, he added. Canada should be wondering: ‘How are we going to work together? How will we deal with climate change? What will we do for the integrity of the supply chain? ” said Hyder. “These are things we can work on together, public and private – we need to learn and do more if we are to help Canada navigate its way through an extremely complex world.” On Wednesday, Trinto spent the day focusing on the ongoing challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean – challenges in the United States and Canada in the form of economic constraints and immigration pressures. Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has described a “triple crisis” in her country: the ongoing economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising fuel and food costs exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, and climate change. become more pronounced in tiny island nations like hers. Mottley suggested it was time for the rest of the world to take these concerns more seriously. “We do not expect things to change immediately,” Mottley said. “But what we expect is justice, what we expect is transparency, what we expect is that just as we want to see people here, we also want people to see, feel and hear us.” Mottley and Trudeau later participated in a roundtable discussion with leaders from Chile, Belize, Ecuador and Jamaica, where they heard complaints about financial institutions that could do more to support growth in the developing world. It is vital for democracy to thrive in small and developing nations and for their citizens to share the rewards and realize the benefits. “We need – as like-minded countries, but honestly, as a world – we need democracies to succeed,” Trinto said. “In order for democracies to succeed in an age of decline, where they are under pressure from all over the world, we need our citizens to feel this success.” Promoting economic success and social stability at home is a key part of the strategy to prevent another problem facing the hemisphere: the continuing influx of prospective refugees heading for the Mexico-US border. “No one leaves home because they want to, they leave because there are no opportunities – because they face poverty and an unacceptable situation,” Secretary of State Melanie Joly said after the first of two scheduled meetings with the Secretary of State. State of Antony Blinken. “We have to look at the issue of creating opportunities in our hemisphere. “We need to give people confidence that they can live in their own country, have access to services, good education for their children and good health care.” Canada’s goal, he added, is to “ensure that some of these countries’ concerns are addressed by our American friends.” Canada is using the summit to push for “urgent action” to tackle climate change, another key factor in fueling migration, and is seeking funding initiatives to help countries in the region. Promoting gender equality and the economic and democratic development that accompanies it is another pillar of Canada’s summit strategy. Jolie and her Chilean counterpart have now pledged their commitment to tackling online violence and gender-based harassment, an initiative launched at Biden Leaders’ Democracy Summit last year. Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States are already on board. This Canadian Press report was first published on June 9, 2022.
title: “America Summit Canada California Focus On Climate " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-28” author: “Sasha Yanko”
Canada and California are progressively related to climate change, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday as he and Prime Minister Justin Trinto unveiled a new plan to work together to avoid the worst effects of a warming planet. The framework, signed by Environment Secretary Steven Guilbeault and Environmental Protection Secretary Jared Blumenfeld, their respective bosses behind them, includes modest extensions to a similar 2019 agreement. It also promotes policy and regulatory measures to reduce greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions in both jurisdictions, as well as measures to maintain and address the worsening threat of forest fires. And it will stand the test of time, Newsom said – regardless of who is in power at the Governor’s California mansion, the White House or the Prime Minister’s Office. California is an economy of $ 3.3 trillion a year, he said – the fifth largest in the world and a “stable partner” whose efforts to tackle climate change and pollution patterns affect other states and countries, including Canada, here and there. decades. “We offer more than our weight,” Newsom said, describing the state as a “stable partner” whose regulatory reforms have stood the test of time and the political whims of the electorate. “We have a lot of weight as it relates to the development of low carbon green, as it relates to efforts to change the way energy is produced and consumed – regardless of who is in the White House.” Trinto said Canada will always find favor with a partner who is willing to make progress on issues of common importance. “Canada has always been a country that is active in the world and whether it is with like-minded countries or like-minded people like California, we are there to do things,” Trinto said. “When we find alignment on so many things – as always with California, but just as we did under Gavin Newsom – we move on.” Trinto passionately defended his government’s efforts to rename Canada, a country that is financially dependent on fossil fuel resources, as a champion in tackling climate change. It is because of this reputation as an oil-producing nation that Canada has extra credibility in terms of air conditioning, Trinto said. “Moving forward on climate change is really difficult for us. We have a thriving fossil fuel industry in our country at a time when people continue to use fossil fuels and will do so for many years to come,” he said. “The fact that we have this means that it is even more important for us to strengthen and show real leadership in the fight against climate change, and that is exactly what we did.” Guilbeault later described attending an American summit to document progress on the Global Methane Commitment, an international effort to target one of the most powerful greenhouse gases. Canada is committed to reducing methane emissions, which could be between 20 and 80 percent worse for the atmosphere than CO2, by 30 percent by 2030, Guilbeault said. “We can get a big bang for our buck in terms of reducing emissions and preventing temperature rises,” he said. “If we reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent by now by 2030, it is 0.5 C that we are basically sucking out of the atmosphere. A lower temperature rise means less climate change.” The meeting between Newsom and Trudeau, two progressive leaders in the early 1950s who cut a similar silhouette, was evident from the moment they met on the front steps of the California Science Center. The couple chatted and laughed out loud at each other’s jokes as they sat down for a brief lunch before their joint press conference, where Newsom joked about Trinto’s popularity with his staff, the lack of service limits in Canada and how he is the “future former governor of California.” The candy bar gave way to a gloomier meeting later Thursday between Trinto and US President Joe Biden at the US Summit. Biden agreed during that meeting that he would finally pay a personal visit to Canada in the coming months, his first since becoming president amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With Trinto sitting next to him, Biden addressed the established White House salute that the United States “has no better friend in the world than Canada” and said he and the prime minister share a similar vision for the hemisphere. “I think we both share the same feeling that the potential for our hemisphere is limitless,” Biden said, calling it “the most democratic hemisphere in the world.” Trinto responded by saying it was “extremely important” for close partners such as Canada and the United States to be there for each other and for allies around the world. “The work we can do to support, promote and share our values is a way to truly support and influence citizens around the world,” Trinto said. This, he said, helps to make the assumption “that democracy is not only fairer, but is also better for the people, putting food on the table, putting the future ahead of them.” The official reading of the meeting of the federal government mentioned their mutual support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and that Trinto also referred to Canada’s support for NATO and the plan to modernize the continental defense system known as Norad. Trinto “also expressed support” for Biden’s proposed hemisphere “Partnership for Economic Prosperity”, but the reading did not say whether Canada had been invited to take part. Trinto also pledged to work closely with the United States and other partners “to meet the current humanitarian challenges, protection and irregular migration in the region.” They also discussed supply chains and co-operation in securing critical minerals. The White House went further, saying the two “discussed the possibility of developing critical minerals in both countries” as well as “joint efforts” to protect supply chains from “external shocks”. Trinto also noted that U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood “put further pressure on home prices and affordable housing.” Trinto also met Thursday with Argentine President Alberto Fernandes before meeting with Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company. Argentina and Canada have a lot of “common ground” on common values, including climate change and gender equality, Fernández said. “Canada is a great country and it has a great prime minister,” he said. “We have a lot to do together.” This Canadian Press report was first published on June 9, 2022.
