Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) will take part in the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting. A working dinner will follow at 7:30 p.m. (local time), hosted by the German Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner and the President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Dr. Joachim Nagel. Call 613-957-5420.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.), along with Adam Bandt, Federal Member of Parliament for Melbourne and the Australian Greens, Yannick Jadot, Member of the European Parliament and Representative of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance at COP23, and Bärbel Höhn, Former member of the German Bundestag and Chair of the Committee on the Environment, … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) and the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry, Claire Perry, will kick off the Global Alliance to Power Past Coal at COP23. A media availability will follow. This event will take place at Bula Zone 3, 2nd floor, EU Delegation Room. Call 613-462-5473.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) and Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) will join the Canadian delegation at the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23), where they will work to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and urge more countries to ratify the Kigali Amendment. Call 613-462-5473.
The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 (COP23) opens today in Bonn, Germany and continues until November 17. Details online.
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) will attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. Call 343-203-7700.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird (Ottawa West-Nepean, ON) will take part in the Bonn Conference. The 2011 Bonn Conference comes 10 years after the initial Bonn Conference and will help shape the international contribution to Afghanistan’s future. Call 613-995-1874.
