About
Canada’s Climate Change Calendar is a website that profiles climate change impacts and solutions in more than 170 countries around the world. The Calendar shows the date when the average Canadian citizen has produced as much greenhouse gases as a citizen from another country will produce during the entire year.
For example, it takes only 15 days for the average Canadian to have as big an impact on fuelling global warming as the average Bangladeshi will have all year. Therefore, Bangladesh’s "Climate Impacts Day" is January 15 – 15 days into the year.
Each country on the Calendar has its own country page, with more information on climate change impacts in that country, and opportunities to take action.
Climate Action Network Canada, in cooperation with partner organizations, is producing Canada’s Climate Change Calendar as a tool to reach out to emerging environmental champions on the impacts of global warming and opportunities to take action to promote the green energy economy.
Credit
The concept of Canada’s Climate Change Calendar is based on the 2007 report by the World Development Movement, “Climate Calendar: The UK’s unjust contribution to global climate change”.
Climate Action Network Canada would like to recognize the efforts and dedication of a team of volunteers who did a significant amount of work in the preparation of Canada’s Climate Change Calendar. Special thanks to Ashley Kearns, Bonnie Boyd, Derrick Bissell, Emily McMenemy, Emma Bryans, Kanchan Gautam, Lianrui Jia, Luwam Ghebre, Savanna Schiavo, and Yilin Li.
Note on Data
The dates for each country on Canada's Climate Change Calendar were determined using the per capita emissions data found in the World Resource Institute's Climate Analysis Indicators Tool. This data set tracked the total greenhouse gas emissions of 186 different countries in 2005, including emissions of CO2, CH4, N2O, PFC, HFC, and SF6.
Climate Action Network Canada – Réseau action climat Canada (CAN-RAC) is a unique coalition of more than 65 environmental, faith, labour, international development, aboriginal, health, and youth organizations working to:
• design, develop and implement effective strategies to reduce global warming emissions;
• prevent dangerous levels of human interference with the global climate system; and
• turn Canada from laggard to leader in the international effort to contain global warming.
Click here for a list of Climate Action Network Canada member organizations.
