Canada shocks COP21 with big new climate goal

Above, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking to the UN COP21 climate summit last week in Paris. Produced by Zack Embree for the National Observer.

Sunday night, Canada surprised a world of nations and negotiators in closed-door climate talks in Paris by endorsing a bolder, more ambitious target for cutting greenhouse gases than the UN climate change summit is officially aiming for.

Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna told a stunned crowd that she wants the Paris agreement to restrict planetary warming to just 1.5 Celsius warming. http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/12/07/news/canada-shocks-cop21-big-new-climate-commitment

Why Would Canada Support The 1.5C Temperature Target? http://blogs.ubc.ca/maribo/2015/12/07/why-would-canada-support-the-1-5-temp/