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ClimateFast in Toronto – Toronto Climate Film Festival
ClimateFast and other Toronto climate organizations are offering a 7 part series of film nights with climate shorts, speakers, and discussion. We’ve covered the urgency of the crisis, pipelines, food and climate, and for Halloween – scary climate scenarios: what could the future look like if we don’t act?
And this week you have the opportunity to view an excellent full length feature film with Leonardo Di Caprio,
Before the Flood.
Just click on this link anytime from now till Nov 6
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http://channel.
Volunteers (above)
Climate Heroes (above)
Climate Villains (above)
Take a look above at our photos of volunteers, climate heroes and climate villains.
It’s scary! But we are in this to win this! Let’s keep working together and developing the solutions we need for the future.
Coming soon: Conflict and Climate change, Renewable is Doable, and Carbon Budgets. Sunday nights, Nov 13, 27, and Dec 11 th . Click here for the full program, list of sponsors, and contact info: www.tcff.ca .
We are showing these films in order to build awareness and connections throughout our city network so that we can support the development of Toronto’s Climate Action Plan, Transform TO.
Toronto subscribers
We will receive a more detailed letter about the Nov 14 th meeting and deputations at City Hall.
In Toronto? Excellent forum Wednesday night organized by Environmental Defence at the AGO. Who’s winning the climate fight? Learning from British Columbia, California, and Quebec. Details here:
http://environmentaldefence.
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Climate Action Plans Across The Country
Folks, we need to take action – and we need to be quick about it. Every day brings new warnings from scientists as the temperature is rising faster than predicted, and the reductions in CO2 emissions are slow in coming. The countries involved in the Paris accord pledged to do keep temperature rise under 2 degrees C, and aspired to keep it under a 1.5 degree rise.
Pledges are voluntary and even if fully implemented will still cause an unacceptable rise of greater than 3 degrees, therefore the ambition in the climate plans must be greatly increased, and serious cuts in emissions must start asap.
People are taking action, and governments are preparing plans. It’s very important for us to keep talking with our members of parliament, and to push for local climate action plans as well. In Toronto the City’s Transform TO report, for a 30% cut in emissions by 2020, comes to city council in November for a vote in December. Cities account for as much as 75% of emissions therefore city action plans are vitally important.
Let us know what is happening in your city, town, or your province: climatefast@climatefast.ca
At the federal-provincial level talks are ongoing and the next first ministers meeting (FMM) will be hel December 9
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. OTTAWA CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK CONFERENCE AND LOBBY DAYS were held Oct 24 – 26
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. ClimaCon hosted by Catherine Abreu, CAN’s exceptional new ED, was excellent. Lyn Adamson and Rita Bijons attended. The handout for MPs - Expectations for a Pan Canadian Framework - can be found here:
http://climateactionnetwork.
While the conference was on 99 youth held a civil disobedience action on Parliament Hill calling for No Kinder Morgan Pipeline. Read more on ‘Climate 101’ here: http://climate101.ca/
UPCOMING CONFERENCE AND LOBBY DAYS IN OTTAWA : CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY – CCL Canada, Nov 26 – 29
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. For more details, and info on CCL’s ongoing work on carbon pricing go to:
http://canada.
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Fasting for the Climate and Action for the Climate - Fast!
Some climatefasters are continuing a food or carbon fast on the 1st of the month. Please join us if you feel so inspired. It’s an opportunity to reflect on our impact on the planet – and the hunger that unaddressed climate change can cause and is already causing. Other Climate Fast activists are focusing on actions we can take to educate and mobilize. Toronto Climate Fast members are focusing on the municipal level for climate action. Let us know what you are doing in your community! climatefast@climatefast.ca
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Other New Resources
Young People’s Burden with James Hansen and his grand-daughter Sophie Kivelehan. They are involved with ‘Our Children’s Trust’ lawsuit in the US and this 17 minute video explains why it is so important to act for our children’s future.
https://earthnetwork.news/
http://www.ecowatch.com/earth-
‘The Energy Mix’ is an excellent comprehensive e-newsletter on energy issue. Go to http://smartershift.com/ to subscribe.
More news and resources at Climate Action Now website: http://climateactionnow.ca/
Remember! We are in this to win this! Keep on with your work, and let’s stay connected, until we win a safe climate future.