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Mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency 🤝 Thank you for joining our 5-year mission (2021-2025) Learn more: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
See all six markers come together. Watch the full 12-minute video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, which lays out the full framework for what real emergency leadership looks like. Watch: youtu.be/HJdKqAVzG-I
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6 Markers of Climate Emergency
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Marker 6: Centre Indigenous rights and leadership Winning the climate fight requires respecting Indigenous rights, title, and free, prior, and informed consent, and following Indigenous leadership. Watch: youtu.be/osorqPAjvSI
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Marker 6: Centre Indigenous Rights and Leadership
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Marker 5: Leave no one behind A successful climate mobilization requires social solidarity, good jobs, and strong supports so no community or worker is left behind. Watch: youtu.be/uexym4940JI
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Marker 5: Leave No One Behind
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Marker 4: Tell the truth Emergencies must look, sound, and feel like emergencies. That starts with honest communication about the scale of the crisis and what must be done. Watch: youtu.be/q8tsMrxF5s4
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Marker 4: Tell the Truth
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Marker 3: Make it mandatory Voluntary and incentive-based approaches have failed. In an emergency, governments set clear rules, timelines, and requirements to make change happen. Watch: youtu.be/4szbr17HCXw
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Marker 3: Make It Mandatory
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Marker 2: Create new institutions Emergency action means building public institutions designed to deliver clean energy, infrastructure, and good jobs at speed and scale. Watch: youtu.be/VqJuy1o7bk0
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Marker 2: Create New Institutions
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Marker 1: Spend what it takes to win In a real emergency, governments invest at the scale required to win, putting people and planet over profit and recognizing that inaction costs far more. Watch: youtu.be/x8Q58e7HzCQ
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Marker 1: Spend What It Takes to Win
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We're in a climate emergency. But what does real climate emergency leadership look like? The Climate Emergency Unit developed the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency to assess whether governments & institutions are acting at true emergency speed & scale. See the 🧵 below to watch clips on the 6 markers.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🚨 Final episode of Break in Case of Emergency: What you need to know about immigration and unemployment Juan Vargas Alba and community organizer Karina Villada discuss the myths and scapegoating around immigration, migrant workers and unemployment. 🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🌎 Our 6 Markers of Climate Emergency podcast series is out now! Across six episodes, the series offers a practical, big-picture framework for responding to the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands. 🎧 Listen to the full series now: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Our 6-Marker series closes with Ep. 6, which explores Indigenous rights and leadership in real climate emergency action. Erin Blondeau, Janelle Lapointe, Serena Mendizabal, and Seth Klein discuss sovereignty and community-driven solutions. 🎧 Listen to Episode 6: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Ep 5 of our 6-part podcast examines what it means to leave no one behind in the climate transition. Erin Blondeau, Jim Stanford, Anjali Appadurai, and Seth Klein discuss solidarity, justice, and how workers and communities can be supported. 🎧 Listen to Episode 5: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Episode 4 of our 6 Markers podcast highlights the importance of honest climate communication. Erin Blondeau, Donya Ziaee, Chris Hatch, and Seth Klein discuss truth-telling, the media landscape, and what leadership requires. 🎧Listen to Episode 4: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Episode 3 of our 6-part special podcast looks at why voluntary measures are not enough for real climate action. Erin Blondeau, Dr. Melissa Lem and Seth Klein discuss what mandatory action requires. 🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
In our new 6-Markers podcast series, episode 2 explores how new public institutions can drive real climate action. Erin Blondeau, Alex Himelfarb, Linda McQuaig, and Seth Klein discuss what Canada can create now. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Episode 1 of our 6 markers podcast looks at why real climate action means investing at the scale of the crisis. Erin Blondeau, Seth Klein, and Caroline Brouillette break it down. 🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The Climate Emergency Unit is releasing one of our final resources: a podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, hosted by Erin Blondeau with Seth Klein & leading thinkers and organizers from across the country. 🎧 Listen to the full series: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🔥 The climate emergency is here and now. Are governments acting with real urgency? Our 12-minute video explains the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action. Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🎧 6-part podcast series: The 6 Markers of Climate Emergency A special 6-episode edition of Break in Case of Emergency. One episode for each marker. Featuring expert guests and stories from across the movement. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Break In Case of Emergency Podcast — DAVID SUZUKI INSTITUTE
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
📺 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action We released a new 12-minute video breaking down the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action, a framework to assess whether governments are truly acting at emergency scale. A tool for campaigns and coalitions moving forward.
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6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
📄 Mission Report: Lessons and Legacies from the CEU Our final report distills five years of campaigns, collaborations, wins, challenges, and lessons. It is intended to be a resource for our allies in the climate justice movement, along with a mix of parting encouragements and friendly provocations.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We are deeply grateful to everyone who backed the CEU: supporters, partners, organizers, and community members. Your commitment and collaboration powered everything we achieved together over five years. As we close our doors, here are some resources we’re proud to leave behind 👇
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
On Dec 3, the CEU bid farewell to friends and allies as our five-year project with the David Suzuki Institute came to a close. We reflected on lessons learned, celebrated the coalitions carrying this work forward & released resources we hope will strengthen climate advocacy for years to come.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🌎 You’ve seen the headlines – #COP30 has wrapped up in Belém, Brazil, and the final outcome – called the ‘Belém Political Package’ – is a hard-fought agreement with some seeds of hope for an equitable Just Transition. Here’s our final update and analysis on the outcome of this conference.
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Newsletter #3: A big win, a big loss at COP30
COP30 has wrapped up in Belém, Brazil, and the final outcome – called the ‘Belém Political Package’ – is a hard-fought agreement with some seeds of hope for an equitable Just Transition.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🌎 Check out the latest edition of our COP30 Dispatch: Final Stages, published last week. And keep an eye out for a final update from us soon with a more in-depth analysis of the final COP decision, reflections from the Peoples’ Summit, and what it all means for our important Fair Shares work.
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COP 30 – Newsletter #2: COP30 – Final Stages
Phew! COP30 is progressing at breakneck speed while 50,000 delegates (of which 1600+ are fossil fuel lobbyists) try to keep up. We’ll provide more in-depth analysis after the conference ends, but for ...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Join us on December 4 for the second Suzuki Sessions: The Clean Power Opportunity. Hear how an east-west clean electricity grid led by Indigenous and community renewables could benefit communities nationwide, and what it takes to make it real. 👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Suzuki Sessions:  The Clean Power Opportunity . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In this exciting new series of online gatherings, David Suzuki and esteemed leaders discuss the most important issues and opportunities for action on climate and environmental justice. The Suzuki S...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🙌 The Youth Climate Corps has been shortlisted for the 2025 Good Fight Prize. Honoured to see this campaign recognized alongside others fighting for decent jobs, economic justice, and a livable future! See the other finalists & learn more about the Atkinson Foundation's Good Fight Prize:
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The Prize – Good Fight Prize for Decent Work
Campaigns for decent work invite us to move in a hopeful direction. They support the daily work of standing up for what we value, even when it’s difficult to see a finish line. They create a spotlig...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
We are not living in an era of optional climate policy. We are living in an era of planetary limits where the choices we make in city halls will determine the world our children inherit, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social write. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/o...
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Vancouver’s climate leadership is a promise we can’t break
Eliminating the city’s climate and sustainability department is a betrayal of our collective future, write Carol Liao and Naomi Klein
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🎙️ In our new podcast episode, Seth Klein explains why the budget’s bet on carbon pricing, tax credits, and “decarbonized oil” won’t meet the moment. For more on #Budget2025 & what it means for climate, housing, and tax policy, listen here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Re-upping this 🧵 from when Ksi Lisims LNG was given enviro approval. The downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson. Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
New Major Projects Include Dodgy BC LNG Project - @markhamhislop.bsky.social (Energi Media): www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDJ4...
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New Major Projects Include Dodgy BC LNG Project
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Feds send Ksi Lisims LNG to Major Projects Office amid court challenges - Canada's National Observer (@nationalobserver.com): www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/n...
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Feds send Ksi Lisims LNG to Major Projects Office amid court challenges
Indigenous leaders, climate advocates and financial experts are condemning Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to refer the Ksi Lisims LNG project to the Major Projects Office for potential fast-tra...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Ksi Lisims LNG is on Carney’s nation-building list. Here’s what you need to know - The Narwhal (@thenarwhal.ca): thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-f...
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Ksi Lisims LNG: Carney’s new ‘nation-building’ project, explained | The Narwhal | The Narwhal
Mark Carney added Ksi Lisims LNG, backed by Nisg̱a’a Nation, to his list of nation-building projects to be referred for federal review
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The next big LNG proposal may be the sleeper climate issue of 2024 - Seth Klein (@sethdklein.bsky.social): www.climateemergencyunit.ca/blog/the-nex...
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The next big LNG proposal - Ksi Lisims - may be the sleeper climate issue of 2024 — Climate Emergency Unit
by Seth Klein One of the biggest climate stories in Canada in 2024 might well prove to be a project that, so far at least, few in the country have heard of — Ksi Lisims LNG. Like the earlier-approve...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Here’s Why Ksi Lisims LNG Must Be Stopped - Seth Klein (@sethdklein.bsky.social): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxpp...
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Here's Why Ksi Lisims LNG Must Be Stopped
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🚨 Ksi Lisims LNG has been sent to the federal Major Projects Office. If built, it would be Canada’s second-largest LNG terminal. But concerns remain about First Nations consent, long-term economic risks, and the 33 million tonnes of climate pollution it would drive. Key coverage below (🧵)
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🌎 #COP30 is here, and so is our coverage. The Climate Emergency Unit & @350.org have teamed up to deliver COP30 Dispatch, a weekly newsletter providing news & analysis of COP30 as it unfolds in Belém, Brazil. 📫 Subscribe to our LinkedIn Newsletter: www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...
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COP30 Dispatch | LinkedIn
Weekly coverage of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, including key issues, voices & actions from COP30. Coverage by 350.org & CEU.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
ICYMI: After years of organizing, the Youth Climate Corps officially broke through and was included in Budget 2025. It’s a major win for the hundreds of young people and allies who fought for good, green jobs, and just the beginning of what’s possible. 🔗 Read our full response:
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Youth Climate Corps breaks into Federal Budget 2025 — The Campaign for a Youth Climate Corps
After many years of campaigning, the Youth Climate Corps has finally broken through, announced as a new public program in Federal Budget 2025.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Over the next month, we’ll send out a weekly dispatch of the main issues, voices, and key actions from COP30. We hope you find these helpful! 📫 Get our dispatch in your inbox by signing the Fair Shares Platform: 350.org/canada/fairs...
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Canada's Climate Fair Share
Canada can't take on the climate crisis alone. As one of the world’s top polluters and wealthiest countries, we must do our fair share.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
🌎 COP30 has started! We're here to provide you with clear info & analysis amidst the headlines. 👉 Read our first dispatch: 350.org/canada/cop30... In this issue: What’s at stake, COP30 Peoples Summit, 2025 Federal Budget analysis, Fair Shares resources, and ways to take action. @350.org
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COP30 – An uphill climb and an opportunity for movements
Here we are, ten years after the Paris Agreement was signed. Monday is Day 1 of COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, and we want to give you some easily accessible information and analysis amidst the chaotic...
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Anjali Appadurai @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I won't be in Brazil this year but I'll be your trusty curator of what's really important amidst the noise of it all. We're doing a series of #COP30 newsletter updates unpacking important decisions & amplifying key voices on the ground🦋 ➡️350.org/fairshare to sign the petition & get the updates.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🌎 COP30 is underway in Belém, Brazil! Over the next 3 weeks, we will be sharing updates on negotiations & reflections on what it all means for global climate justice. 👉 Sign the Fair Shares Platform & receive our #COP30 coverage: 350.org/fairshare cc: @350.org @350canada.bsky.social
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
For the hundreds of young activists and their allies who have pressed hard for the idea of a Youth Climate Corps, the YCC’s inclusion in this week’s fed budget should be seen as a win, but not overstated. Here’s our take in today’s @nationalobserver.com: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/o...
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Youth Climate Corps breaks into federal Budget 2025
For the hundreds of young activists and their allies (including many supportive members of Parliament) who have pressed hard for this idea, this news comes as a welcome relief and should be seen as a ...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🎙️ New Podcast: Anjali, Seth, & Alex Hemingway break down #Budget2025 & the Climate Competitiveness Strategy. We also talk housing, public revenue & Zohran Mamdani! 🎧 Tune in: tinyurl.com/bdcn7ahy @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @1alexhemingway.bsky.social @bcpolicy.bsky.social
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
📢 We won! A Youth Climate Corps is in Budget 2025. Years of youth organizing secured a $40M two-year commitment. A meaningful start, but only the beginning. 👉 Read our response & stay with us as we push for what comes next: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The federal budget will be tabled on November 4th, and the pressure is building on Prime Minister Mark Carney to fund a Youth Climate Corps. If you haven’t already, now’s the time to act. Keep the pressure up. 👉 Send your letter today: goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Check out our new Youth Climate Corps video – a national roll-call of leaders from labour movement, student unions, faith orgs, health groups and climate – all issuing a united call to the @mark-carney.bsky.social govt to launch a YCC in the Nov 4 federal budget. Please enjoy and share! 👇
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
On Nov 4, join an online forum exploring how a federal Youth Climate Corps can centre Indigenous sovereignties in the places colonially known as Newfoundland & Labrador. Hosted by Mi’kmaq environmentalist Jude Benoit. 📅 7–9 PM NT / 6:30–8:30 PM AT 🔗 Register: actionnetwork.org/events/sover...
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Centering Indigenous Sovereignty in the Places Known Colonially as NL
Date: November 4, 2025 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM NT / 6:30 - 8:30 PM AT Location: via Zoom, please complete this form to receive the link Background & Context: After a years-long campaign, the ...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Send a letter to Prime Minister Carney and his cabinet to let them know that you want to see a permanent, well-resourced Youth Climate Corps in the 2025 budget: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
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Tell Carney - YCC — The Campaign for a Youth Climate Corps
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
À travers du Canada, plus de voix se joignent à la demande du Corps jeunesse pour le climat. 📢 Écoute à quelques-un.e.s de nos 200+ allié.e.s qui demandent que le gouvernement Carney fonde un Corps jeunesse pour le climat dans le Budget 2025. 🔗 Joins-toi à la demande: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
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