e-2180 (Climate change)
- Keywords
- Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
- Carbon pricing
- Fossil fuels
- Greenhouse gases
- Plastics
- Renewable energy and fuel
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C clearly communicates that the future of humanity is at risk without “rapid and far-reaching” changes to mitigate a 1.5°C temperature rise in the next 11 years and to achieve zero emissions by 2050;
- Canada is on course to significantly overshoot our 2030 Paris Agreement target (Auditor General’s Report 2018) with oil and gas and transportation emissions continuing to rise (Government of Canada);
- The World Health Organization has clearly stated that “climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century”; and
- The health impacts from climate change, including lung disease, heat-related illness, spread of infectious diseases, displacement, famine, drought, and mental health impacts, are being felt in Canada and abroad and are expected to accelerate across our planet at an unprecedented rate threatening “human lives and viability of the national health systems they depend on” (Lancet Countdown 2018, Lancet Countdown Briefing for Canadian Policymakers, 2018).
- Open for signature
- June 6, 2019, at 5:23 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- October 4, 2019, at 5:23 p.m. (EDT)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
---|---|
Alberta | 49 |
British Columbia | 99 |
Manitoba | 15 |
New Brunswick | 12 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 6 |
Northwest Territories | 5 |
Nova Scotia | 16 |
Nunavut | 1 |
Ontario | 257 |
Prince Edward Island | 2 |
Quebec | 62 |
Saskatchewan | 17 |
Yukon | 1 |