Catherine Abreu
About Catherine Abreu
Catherine Abreu is an internationally recognized, award-winning campaigner whose work centres on building powerful coalitions to advance transformative action on climate change. Catherine is the executive director of Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat (CAN-Rac) Canada, a coalition of 130 organizations operating from coast-to-coast-to-coast. One of the world’s 100 most influential people in climate policy as named by Apolitical in 2019, she has over 15 years of experience campaigning on environmental issues including seven years in the heart of the global climate movement.
Mark Carney needs to raise the bar on climate action for financial institutions
More than 90 climate justice organizations have delivered a letter, including ads in major global newspapers, calling on former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England Mark Carney to push banks harder to abandon their fossil fuel investments.
Clock is ticking for Canada to get its UN climate pledge right
Climate Action Network - Réseau Action Climat has released a report that challenges the federal government to meet its commitments on the road to net-zero.
Canada should press Japan to power past coal
Among the worst offenders is Japan, this year’s G20 host, which continues to spend billions of dollars subsidizing the coal industry each year, tipping the scales in favour of dirty and outdated energy.
Working on climate change is an act of love
Those of us who dedicate our lives to this effort, in whatever setting we choose to work, do it because we love our families, our children, the lake we swam in as teenagers, the communities we have seen suffer as weather gets more extreme and sea levels rise, writes Catherine Abreu, executive director of Climate Action Network.