1. ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Proposed by CFUW Victoria
RESOLVED, That the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), recognizing the serious threat to life on earth posed by climate change, urge all levels of government to act immediately to create a national climate action plan that would:
1. set strong short-term targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, with the goal of achieving a 30% reduction below 1990 levels by 2020 and a reduction of 80% below 1990 levels by 2050;
2. utilize every power defined in the Canadian Constitution, including policy and program development, legislation and regulations, taxation
mechanisms, legal enforcement, market incentives and inter-governmental agreements to support the achievement of this goal, and
3. provide ongoing support for research and education concerning all aspects of climate change.
RESOLVED, That CFUW urge the Government of Canada to reaffirm Canada’s commitment to its signed international agreements on climate change, including the Kyoto Protocol, to ratify the successors to Kyoto, and to work with other countries to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to avert crisis in the global climate system.
Annual Resolutions
CFUW RESOLUTIONS
PASSED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA 2009
Canadian Federation of University Women / Orillia
This webpage updated September 13, 2009.
Canadian Federation of University Women / Orillia
