The Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, is part of the Canadian delegation attending the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

COP27 signifies the importance for world leaders to implement and transform key climate related decisions into concrete actions. The conference will focus on raising ambition, building upon the previous Conference of the Parties, including the COP26 outcomes (Glasgow Pact) with an aim to address the climate emergency and promote coordinated action to tackle climate change impacts and reduce emissions. COP27 is focused on four overall goals: mitigation, adaption, finance and collaboration.

Tomorrow (November 8), Minister Davis will be a panelist at an event hosted by the Ocean Frontier Institute at Canada’s COP27 pavilion. He will speak on the important role our oceans play in the carbon cycle, as well as opportunities to enhance the potential of our oceans as a carbon sink and a carbon capture and storage solution, as they can absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they release.

The Provincial Government is committed to addressing climate change. Our actions include the implementation of a climate change action plan, a new renewable energy action plan, achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, establishing a Net-Zero Advisory Committee and advancing electrification and innovation to further the transition into more renewable energy sources.

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“COP27 is a tremendous opportunity to engage with international jurisdictions and organizations on future actions and goals to mitigate the global impacts of climate change. Climate change affects all of us, and I look forward to participating in this esteemed conference to promote provincial capacities and infrastructure as it relates to oceans technology. I am also looking forward to learning from other jurisdictions on pathways to achieve net zero. I welcome the many important conversations that will bring forth a wealth of information and knowledge on this crucial global issue.”
Honourable Bernard Davis
Minister of Environment and Climate Change

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