Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Featuring:
-Margaret Atwood (Novelist, Poet, Literary Critic, Environmental Activist)
-David Suzuki (Scientist, Broadcaster, Author, Co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation)
-Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, UN Environmental Champion, Inuit activist)
Introductory Remarks:
Toby Heaps (CEO and Editor-in-chief, Corporate Knights)
Co-Hosts:
Adria Vasil (Managing Editor, Corporate Knights)
Adam Radwanski (Feature Climate Change Writer, Globe and Mail)
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The Paris Agreement turns 5 on December 12th, 2020.
In 2015, 196 nations came together under the Paris Agreement to set the world on a course towards sustainable development, aiming at limiting warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Five years on, we know how to address climate change. Put simply, we need to decarbonize the economy and preserve nature’s lungs.
As we celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and prepare for the next round of negotiations, to take place in Glasgow in 2021, we must critically reflect on one central question – what will it take to move the masses to act for the climate before it is too late?
This event brings globally recognized Canadian voices together to tackle this question.
This virtual fireside conversation was in partnership with the British High Commission and the Embassies of France and Germany.
Featuring:
-Margaret Atwood (Novelist, Poet, Literary Critic, Environmental Activist)
-David Suzuki (Scientist, Broadcaster, Author, Co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation)
-Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, UN Environmental Champion, Inuit activist)
Introductory Remarks:
Toby Heaps (CEO and Editor-in-chief, Corporate Knights)
Co-Hosts:
Adria Vasil (Managing Editor, Corporate Knights)
Adam Radwanski (Feature Climate Change Writer, Globe and Mail)
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The Paris Agreement turns 5 on December 12th, 2020.
In 2015, 196 nations came together under the Paris Agreement to set the world on a course towards sustainable development, aiming at limiting warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Five years on, we know how to address climate change. Put simply, we need to decarbonize the economy and preserve nature’s lungs.
As we celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and prepare for the next round of negotiations, to take place in Glasgow in 2021, we must critically reflect on one central question – what will it take to move the masses to act for the climate before it is too late?
This event brings globally recognized Canadian voices together to tackle this question.
This virtual fireside conversation was in partnership with the British High Commission and the Embassies of France and Germany.
