Climate Change

🍁 CDN: Trudeau Restores Our Mexico Relations – Removes Visa Rule

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a joint media availability with President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto.

The Government of Canada announced in a press release today, “that it has made it a top priority to re-establish and strengthen our relationship with one of our most important partners, Mexico.” Prime Minister Trudeau announced Canada’s intention to lift the visa [continue reading].

🍁 CDN: Barack And Justin Talk Climate, Energy And Arctic Leadership

The two leaders listen to the Canadian national anthem during a state arrival ceremony on the Whitehouse lawn. March 10, 2016.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau share a common vision of a prosperous and sustainable North American economy, and the opportunities afforded by advancing clean growth. They emphasize and embrace the special relationship between the two countries and [continue reading].

🍁 CDN: Ban Ki-moon Meeting With Trudeau In Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon walk together to participate in a family photo with fellow world leaders at the start of the G20 summit. (Photo: JONATHAN ERNST / REUTERS)

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, His Excellency, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, will be in Ottawa and Montréal on a working visit, from February 11 to 13, 2016. Canada is an active and committed member of the United Nations [continue reading].

Ethiopia: UN Says El Nino Floods Could Displace Thousands

Ethiopian children at a food distribution centre. El Nino events have caused crops to fail in some of the world's poorest countries. (Photo: STR/Reuters)

Floods caused by El Nino could displace more than 100,000 people in Ethiopia, where more than 8 million people are facing a food crisis because of the worst drought since a devastating 1984 famine, the United Nations said on Monday. Failed rains during both the spring and summer [continue reading].

🍁 CDN: PM Trudeau Holds First Ministers’ Meeting

The Prime Minister has invited all provincial and territorial leaders to attend, as well as the federal Opposition leaders and Green Party leader Elizabeth May.

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is hosting a First Ministers’ Meeting today with provincial and territorial Premiers to discuss the country’s strategy to fight climate change. A main focus of today’s First Ministers’ Meeting, the first held since 2009, is to discuss [continue reading].

Burma: Monsoon Rains Displace Thousands In Myanmar

Heavy monsoon rains in the past month have left at least 47 people dead and displaced more than 150,000 others in Myanmar, the United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator for the country said Monday. The figures are expected to increase as more information becomes available, [continue reading].

World: Natural Disasters Displaced 19 Million In 2014

Natural disasters forced more than 19 million people from their homes in 2014, mostly the result of typhoons, flooding and other weather-related events that are becoming more intense and more frequent, a leading European aid agency said Monday. Close to 90 percent of the 19.3 [continue reading].