Government Commitments
Mandate Letters
Click any letter below to learn more about the federal government's climate agenda.
- Minister of Environment and Climate Change Mandate Letter
- Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Mandate Letter
- Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Mandate Letter
- Minister of Natural Resources Mandate Letter
- Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Mandate Letter
- Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Mandate Letter
- Minister of Transport Mandate Letter
- Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mandate Letter
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.