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2 months ago | 
nationalobserver.com | Laurie Adkin |Chris Hatch |Rosa Galvez
U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to place tariffs on “Canadian” oil and gas exports and poof! The climate crisis has disappeared from the political radar of Canadian politicians. Could we not try, for a minute, to keep our heads about us and remember the bigger threat that is posed to swallow us all up? The salient responses to Trump’s threats reveal once again that no Canadian government takes seriously the unfolding transformation of the Earth’s climate.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
nationalobserver.com | Bruce Campbell |Chris Hatch |Rosa Galvez
A climate change hearing at the U.N. International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, was held just 10 days after nations gathered for their latest climate conference, COP-29, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Although the court hearing from December 2-13, 2024, has not received the same attention, its ruling could be consequential.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
corporateknights.com | Rosa Galvez
The imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House has unleashed a torrent of analysis and stark realizations. While many were stunned by the MAGA re-emergence and the chaotic implications of Trump’s presidency, the core issues driving this upheaval cannot be ignored.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
nationalobserver.com | Rosa Galvez |John Woodside |Annabelle Liao
As the global average temperature rises and weather patterns change, the balance of nature is disrupted and risks to all life on Earth intensify. Global warming is increasing the frequency and severity of droughts and floods, the frequency and intensity of heatwaves, and the frequency, intensity and magnitude of wildfires. Warming is threatening food security, biodiversity, and physical and mental health, and is exacerbating poverty.
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May 7, 2024 | 
greencentralbanking.com | Julie Segal |Rosa Galvez |Jamie Woolley
Global financial and environmental experts recently made public calls for Canada to speed up action on climate-aligned financial policy. The appeal focused in particular on the Climate-Aligned Finance Act, a bill that is progressing through the Senate that would ensure financial institutions’ investments help limit climate damage.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
nationalobserver.com | Rosa Galvez
Over 4,000 people from around the world have been convening in Ottawa for the and the urgency of reducing plastic pollution cannot be overstated. The world grapples with the devastating impacts of plastic pollution, waste and toxicity, including its dire contribution to the climate crisis. But to address plastic pollution, we must first reduce plastic production.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
theglobeandmail.com | Julie Segal |Rosa Galvez
Open this photo in gallery:The setting sun reflects off the glass walls of two office buildings in Toronto’s Financial District as the sun sets on Nov 7, 2022.Fred Lum/the Globe and MailPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountJulie Segal is senior manager of climate finance at Environmental Defence Canada, and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
nationalobserver.com | Rosa Galvez
Our thoughts are with the Athabasca Chipewyan community because this year is particularly hard on them. We must show solidarity and do more to stop what evidence shows is a flagrant case of environmental racism. On June 2, Chief Allan Adam urged the evacuation of more than 1,000 people as wildfires raged in northern Alberta, just months after he had received reports regarding a leak of toxic wastewater at Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine affecting his community’s land and water.
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Jul 11, 2023 | 00144-7&sz=64)
cell.com | Porto Alegre |Rosa Galvez
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
researchmoneyinc.com | Rosa Galvez
Investing in a climate-resilient future: The economic case for climate-aligned finance Guest Contributor July 5, 2023 By Rosa GalvezRosa Galvez is an environmental engineer, a professor at Laval University, and has served as an Independent Senator in Canada for the province of Quebec since 2016. She is a member of the Senate’s National Finance Committee.
