Government Commitments

Mandate Letters

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G20 Leaders' Summit

  • 2022 G20 Leaders’ Summit in Bali, Indonesia: G20 Leaders resolved to limit global temperature increases to 1.5⁰C, and declared their support for funds to address losses and damages from climate change in developing countries.
    • Both of these declarations signaled the G20’s strong ambition to the concurrently held COP27 international climate conference in Egypt.
    • Canada urged ambition on halting biodiversity loss at the Montreal COP15 international biodiversity negotiations in December 2022
    • Canada re-allocated $550 million to support the G20’s $20 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership for Indonesia to phase-out coal and expand renewable energy generation.
  • 2021 G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rome, Italy: Canada reiterated commitment from June 2021 to double climate finance commitment to $5.3 billion over next 5 years.
    • At least 20% pledged to address biodiversity loss.
    • 80% to target gender equality outcomes, including Equal by 30 - campaign to advance gender equality in clean energy.
    • Canada co-published, with Germany, a delivery plan for mobilizing US $100 billion in annual climate financing to developing countries.

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