Canada to help developing countries tackle climate change

Turnbull interjected that Trudeau hasn’t needed any help, calling him “very modest”.

Trudeau was participating in a Commonwealth summit in Malta before heading to the French capital for the UN-sponsored climate conference. The atmosphere doesn’t care where carbon is emitted.

India, already the world’s third largest emitter, has said its emissions could triple over the next 15 years as it expands coal-fired electricity generation to power a developing economy.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French President Francois Hollande were guests at the summit’s special session on climate change Friday. The new Liberal government is arriving in Paris offering the same emissions reduction targets set by the former Conservative government of Stephen Harper, but Mr. Trudeau insists the difference is that he will develop a plan to reach targets, and cut emissions, working with premiers.

There is an understanding that a certain level of binding agreements would prevent the US from signing on to any deal, the prime minister said. “The results of the summit must be bold and ambitious, and countries’ access to finance and technology to help counter climate change must be at the heart of discussions”. “Let us remember this important sector and the middle class families who depend on it as we plan and execute our engagement on climate change”.

India’s Modi took a pass on Malta and his country is seen as a significant impediment to a global climate change pact, given India’s refusal to rein in its galloping greenhouse gas emissions. But Mr. Trudeau insists Canada has a compelling argument, and can use it to encourage others.

The Paris conference isn’t actually about the targets for individual countries, he said.

He urged them to send a strong signal on climate action to Paris where a global consensus is being sought on carbon emissions reductions.

The queen thanked Trudeau “for making me feel so old”.

“We would hope Alberta and Canada would be recognized for all the work they have done in this space”, said Klassen.

Her government’s province-centred approach received a major boost on Sunday when Alberta’s government announced its own climate change strategy.

Rallies in Australia, Bangladesh, Japan, New Zealand and the Philippines illustrated the broad array of concerns over the impact of climate change, from calls for renewable energy to the plight of Pacific islanders as sea levels rise.

Canada will provide aid to developing countries to combat climate change, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday ahead of talks on global warming, which he has promised will show the country is serious about tackling the issue. India is a country that could qualify for some of that funding.

“Now is the best time to act. We can not again delay or postpone it until tomorrow”.