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Mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency 🤝
Thank you for joining our 5-year mission (2021-2025)

Learn more: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
🚨 Final episode of Break in Case of Emergency: What you need to know about immigration and unemployment

Juan Vargas Alba and community organizer Karina Villada discuss the myths and scapegoating around immigration, migrant workers and unemployment.

🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🌎 Our 6 Markers of Climate Emergency podcast series is out now!

Across six episodes, the series offers a practical, big-picture framework for responding to the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands.

🎧 Listen to the full series now: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
December 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our 6-Marker series closes with Ep. 6, which explores Indigenous rights and leadership in real climate emergency action. Erin Blondeau, Janelle Lapointe, Serena Mendizabal, and Seth Klein discuss sovereignty and community-driven solutions.

🎧 Listen to Episode 6: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Ep 5 of our 6-part podcast examines what it means to leave no one behind in the climate transition. Erin Blondeau, Jim Stanford, Anjali Appadurai, and Seth Klein discuss solidarity, justice, and how workers and communities can be supported.

🎧 Listen to Episode 5: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Episode 4 of our 6 Markers podcast highlights the importance of honest climate communication. Erin Blondeau, Donya Ziaee, Chris Hatch, and Seth Klein discuss truth-telling, the media landscape, and what leadership requires.

🎧Listen to Episode 4: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Episode 3 of our 6-part special podcast looks at why voluntary measures are not enough for real climate action. Erin Blondeau, Dr. Melissa Lem and Seth Klein discuss what mandatory action requires.

🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In our new 6-Markers podcast series, episode 2 explores how new public institutions can drive real climate action. Erin Blondeau, Alex Himelfarb, Linda McQuaig, and Seth Klein discuss what Canada can create now.

Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Episode 1 of our 6 markers podcast looks at why real climate action means investing at the scale of the crisis. Erin Blondeau, Seth Klein, and Caroline Brouillette break it down.

🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Climate Emergency Unit is releasing one of our final resources: a podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, hosted by Erin Blondeau with Seth Klein & leading thinkers and organizers from across the country.

🎧 Listen to the full series: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🔥 The climate emergency is here and now. Are governments acting with real urgency? Our 12-minute video explains the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action.

Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
On Dec 3, the CEU bid farewell to friends and allies as our five-year project with the David Suzuki Institute came to a close.

We reflected on lessons learned, celebrated the coalitions carrying this work forward & released resources we hope will strengthen climate advocacy for years to come.
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast episode, Seth Klein explains why the budget’s bet on carbon pricing, tax credits, and “decarbonized oil” won’t meet the moment.

For more on #Budget2025 & what it means for climate, housing, and tax policy, listen here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🌎 COP30 is underway in Belém, Brazil! Over the next 3 weeks, we will be sharing updates on negotiations & reflections on what it all means for global climate justice.

👉 Sign the Fair Shares Platform & receive our #COP30 coverage: 350.org/fairshare

cc: @350.org @350canada.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🎙️ New Podcast: Anjali, Seth, & Alex Hemingway break down #Budget2025 & the Climate Competitiveness Strategy. We also talk housing, public revenue & Zohran Mamdani!

🎧 Tune in: tinyurl.com/bdcn7ahy

@anjaliappadurai.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @1alexhemingway.bsky.social @bcpolicy.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📢 We won! A Youth Climate Corps is in Budget 2025.

Years of youth organizing secured a $40M two-year commitment. A meaningful start, but only the beginning.

👉 Read our response & stay with us as we push for what comes next: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The federal budget will be tabled on November 4th, and the pressure is building on Prime Minister Mark Carney to fund a Youth Climate Corps.

If you haven’t already, now’s the time to act. Keep the pressure up.

👉 Send your letter today: goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
À travers du Canada, plus de voix se joignent à la demande du Corps jeunesse pour le climat.

📢 Écoute à quelques-un.e.s de nos 200+ allié.e.s qui demandent que le gouvernement Carney fonde un Corps jeunesse pour le climat dans le Budget 2025.

🔗 Joins-toi à la demande: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Across Canada, more and more voices are calling for a Youth Climate Corps. With the federal budget set for November 4, the call is growing louder.

📢 Join the 200+ organizations urging Mark Carney’s government to fund a Youth Climate Corps in Budget 2025.

🔗 Learn more: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Momentum is growing for a Youth Climate Corps, a bold new public program to put young people to work protecting our communities & tackling the climate crisis.

It's built for this moment.

Tell Carney: it’s time to fund a Youth Climate Corps!
👉 www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
October 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
📢 Mark Carney says Budget 2025 will be a “generational investment” in Canada’s economy.

Let’s hold him to it: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

A Youth Climate Corps is the kind of bold, nation-building program Canadians are demanding—jobs, resilience, and climate action rolled into one.
October 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Until the federal government acts at the scale of the problem, stories like these will only become more common and tragic.

Tell Mark Carney: It’s time to invest in our youth through a Youth Climate Corps 👉 www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
September 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The voices of young people are clear: Youth unemployment isn’t just a statistic, it’s a crisis shaping their lives & futures.

A Youth Climate Corps could put thousands to work while supporting climate & community.

Tell Carney: Listen to youth & act for a YCC: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
September 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Governments & fossil fuel companies call LNG “low-carbon.” But LNG Canada will unleash 36M tonnes CO₂/yr, equal to 9.5 coal plants or 8M cars. Far from a "clean" energy source.

🎧 Listen to the full episode & more stories that dig deeper into the climate crisis: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
September 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM