With the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) being held this year in Dubai from November 30th – December 12th, here are some inspiring resources to help understand what’s going on, what’s at stake and what climate action looks like both locally and globally. Be sure to visit, share and contribute to CreativelyUnited.org's free Community Blog and Event Calendar so we can all be part of the solution. |
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COP is attended by industry stakeholders, politicians, researchers and scholars, Indigenous stakeholders, NGOs and other members of civil society. However, these groups are not given the same representation and privileges at COP events and negotiations. This year’s title is COP28: Climate Action Can’t Wait, but what does that actually mean? What is the current state of the climate? Here are some resources to help you understand what’s going on, what’s at stake and what climate solutions look like. Click here to learn more |
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This Thursday, November 30th, on the opening day of COP 28, the latest round of UN climate talks, Climate Justice Victoria is delivering a massive ice sculpture at 10:30 am PT to the BC legislature. The ice sculpture is a symbol of the limited time we have to act on the growing climate crisis and looks to put a spotlight on the BC government’s fracking and LNG expansion plans which are pushing us in the opposite direction. If all planned LNG projects in BC become operational, they will create more than three times the allowable emissions in the province’s climate plan, equivalent to burning 34 billion pounds of coal annually or adding nearly seven million gasoline cars to BC streets every year for 30 years. Please come on down, take a photo, share it with your message to the government @BCNDP and see this massive sculpture for yourself. |
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The Metchosin Community House Film Night will present a panel discussion and the film, Rematriation, this Friday, Dec. 1st at 7 pm PT, at 4430 Happy Valley Rd. Rematriation explores scientific, cultural, economic and sociopolitical perspectives, as citizens fight to protect the last big trees in British Columbia from being felled. The lessons we take away permeate the fabric of our Canadian identity. Panelists include special guests: Grandma Losah, Arvin Singh and Rainbow Eyez (Chair of the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Circle and Shadow Cabinet Critic for Indigenous Affairs for the GPC), who will present their views of the current situation and answer questions afterwards. Free admission, donations welcome. |
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Here are two fantastic presentations we recently watched and can highly recommend. These are also included in the resources provided by Creatively United's social media maven, Ella Kim Marriott in her COP 28 post above. |
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This is a story of cutting-edge solutions to climate change. With the planet on the brink of ecological disaster, with chronic disease rates skyrocketing, many are wondering "what can I do?". Start by watching The Need To GROW, an environmental film that gives the world hope. Change happens when people know the truth. The Need to GROW takes you inside the hearts and innovations of three very different leaders: an 8-year-old girl challenges the ethics of global organization; a renegade farmer struggles to keep his land as he revolutionizes resource-efficient agriculture; a visionary inventor faces catastrophe in the midst of developing a game-changing technology. Watch for free here |
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Factory Farming Contributes to Climate Change |
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From World Animal Protection Canada: COP28 in Dubai has been dubbed the “Food COP” as the UAE Presidency is calling on governments to sign a Leaders Declaration on Food Systems, Agriculture and Climate Action and has committed to plant-based catering at the conference. There’s overwhelming evidence that animal farming is a top driver of climate change, so we need your help to get Canada to sign the Leaders Declaration and commit to emissions reduction targets for animal agriculture.
Please write here |
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Another Gas Pipeline and Tanker Terminal? Sign the Open Letter on Ksi Lisims LNG From Dogwood: To the Environmental Assessment Office: As residents of B.C. we respect the right of the Nisga’a people to develop their land and resources as they see fit. But the international oil and gas companies behind the Ksi Lisims LNG (liquified natural gas) proposal have an agenda that affects all of us. If approved, the impacts would reach far beyond Nisga’a territory. The terminal alone would consume the entire power output of the Site C dam. We all have to pay for that dam — plus new transmission lines — on our BC Hydro bills. Sign here |
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Comment Period on Application for Ksi Lisims LNG Project By December 1st From WE-CAN: The public is being invited to comment on the Ksi Lisims LNG Project, a proposed floating LNG facility and marine terminal to be located at Wil Milit on the northwest coast of British Columbia, led by the Nisga’a Nation, a consortium of oil and gas companies, and an LNG export management company. After consulting with colleagues, Guy Dauncey has prepared this list of questions to assist your input. Submit your comments here. |
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