Steven Guilbeault's very productive visit to India
He attended the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Resilience, as well as many other events.
As the world faces a triple climate crisis — climate change, loss of wildlife and pollution — Canada is working hard to build momentum for progress on environmental issues, both nationally and internationally. We've already written about the Canadian government's international and domestic investments in support of environmental initiatives. And last week, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault made a productive visit to India. This included stops in Delhi and Chennai, where he represented Canada at the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Resilience.
Canadian representation came to the G20 Ministerial Meeting to support the Indian agenda and promote 2 important Canadian commitments to address environmental issues. Canada is the first G20 country to publicly disclose a phase-out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, announced last week, 2 years ahead of schedule. Also earlier this month, Canada announced a CAD 450 million investment in the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
During 3 days of ministerial meetings in Delhi and Chennai, Canadian representatives expressed support for the following initiatives:
increasing climate ambitions, including at the upcoming Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention (COP28) on Climate Change, to keep a 1.5°C temperature rise within reach;
G20's commitment to phasing out fossil fuels;
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