For immediate release. By Vicky Coo • Published On: March 20, 2023 Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 20 March 2023: The Synthesis Report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it plain: the world has the science and the solutions needed to tackle climate change – but political inertia and fossil fuel interests … Read more
The ChariTree Foundation is excited to partner with UNICEF and The FirstLine Foundation to help grow climate education + tree planting opportunities for children and youth in Mongolia. A recent International Monetary Fund report revealed that Mongolia is warming at a rate three times faster than that seen anywhere else on the globe. Many of … Read more
December 19, 2022 – Unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka – Montreal. Canadian environmental groups welcome the Kunming-Montreal Agreement at COP15 in Montreal to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030 and applaud Canada’s leadership, which was instrumental in landing the deal. This historic deal was adopted by 196 countries under the UN Convention on … Read more
Thursday, December 15, 2022 At COP15, Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, raised the bar by committing to advance a wide-ranging domestic action plan to halt and reverse nature loss in Canada December 15, 2022 – Unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka – Montreal. Today at a COP15 panel hosted by Nature Canada in Montreal, Steven Guilbeault, … Read more
The ChariTree Foundation is calling on leaders to take urgent, courageous and significant nature-based steps to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. Montreal, Canada – Global biodiversity is now declining faster than at any time in human history. We are running out of time to take action to stop the accelerating destruction of nature and avoid … Read more
“Children and youth are the future stewards of the planet and we urgently need to conserve, restore and safeguard the environment for them. The ChariTree Foundation welcomes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement today of $350 million in new international finance for biodiversity,” said Andrea Koehle Jones, Founder & Children’s Biodiversity Education Advocate, The ChariTree Foundation. … Read more
For immediate release. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, 20 November 2022: COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh has ended with the historic creation of a United Nations loss and damage fund, directly tackling the consequences of climate inaction and fossil fuel expansion. Climate Action Network Canada joins communities from the Global South, island states, and civil society worldwide in … Read more
“Being in nature can be healing and help to ease childhood stress, so let’s get kids off-screen, reconnected with nature, and back on the trail. Here are my top three tips to get teens offline and outdoors:” https://www.ecoparent.ca/eco…/3-tips-get-teens-outdoors
Everyone can do something. What can you do? Even the smallest thing can make a world of difference and the world needs us now. The ChariTree Foundation is growing biodiversity + climate education opportunities for children + youth around the world. Right now we are getting ready for COP27 + COP15. Follow us on Twitter … Read more
CLIMATE EDUCATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: The ChariTree Foundation is helping build even more #OutdoorClassrooms. Apply by September 16, 2022 if your Canadian school or summer camp is building an outdoor classroom for environmental education programs for children and youth. Instructions here. (Sept. 16 grants are now closed. We will announce new grants on this site and … Read more