The secretary treasurer with the union of BC Indian chiefs, Judy Wilson attended 26th UN Climate Conference in Glasgow this week.
This year’s event is considered to be the last chance for humanity to rally countries to build a co-ordinated international effort to maintain ideal living temperatures.
Canada’s climate change planning will be done in conjunction with indigenous peoples and aims to stop further expansion of fossil fuel production and export.
Wilson brought the voices of the Union to the international stage, promoting greater recognition of the role indigenous rights play in addressing climate issues.
While in Glasgow, Wilson met with a slew of national and international delegates, as well as other Indigenous climate advocates from across the globe.
Wilson says world leaders should take the lead of Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, who says net zero pledges without practical policies aimed at reducing emissions are at best reckless and at worst dangerous.
Wilson said nations look to the worlds leaders to lead by example and as we are being pushed to the brink of climate collapse these same leaders can no longer afford to just show up at highly publicized conference and make unfulfilled promises.
BC’s minister of Climate Change Strategy, George Heyman, also said at the conference that BC expects to make adjustments to its climate action plan as both research and technology advance.
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