KYOTOplus explained

KYOTOplus is a joint campaign of a number of public interest groups in Canada to encourage and support Canadians in a call for stronger policy on Climate Change.^[1] The campaign was devised as a means to educate the Canadian public on issues related to climate change and global warming and to encourage Canadians to take a strong stance at the climate talks in Copenhagen in December 2009.

Canadian politicians are invited to indicate a strong stance against global warming by means of the KYOTOplus Pledge. The KYOTOplus Petition, which calls for a minimum 25% decrease in greenhouse gas emission in Canada by 2020 (in comparison to 1990), is available for signing by any Canadian.

Sponsors

Public interest groups united in the KYOTOplus campaign include:

• l'Association québécoise de lutte contre la pollution atmosphérique (AQLPA)
• British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association
• Climate Action Network / Reseau action climat Canada
• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) / la Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada (SNAP)
• Canadian Youth Climate Coalition / La Coalition canadienne des jeunes pour le climat
• Citizens Environmental Alliance
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Edmonton Friends of the North Environmental Society
• Équiterre
• Greenpeace Canada
• Kairos
• Manitoba Wildlands
• 8Oxfam
• Projet St-Laurent/Jour de la Terre
• QuébecKyoto
• Science for Peace (Working Group on Climate)
• Sierra Club Canada
• TakingITglobal
• Vegetarians of Alberta

Notes and References

1. Web site: KYOTOplus - Sierra Club Canada . 2009-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090829100619/http://www.sierraclubaction.ca/main.html . 2009-08-29 . dead .