Dear Friend,

I know you have likely been following the news from the United Arab
Emirates and Dubai. What a place to hold critical climate talks - few
failed to see the contradiction!

But against the odds, and despite the presence of thousands of fossil fuel
lobbyists, WE GOT A GLOBAL COMMITMENT FROM NEARLY 200 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING
CANADA, TO "TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS."

We also got a commitment from those same nations to triple renewable energy
installations and double energy efficiency by 2030. All of the pledges were
framed against the IPCC message of urgency. That we must make significant
changes before 2025. There are dozens of other pledges, large and small,
around justice, equity, eliminating poverty and even pursuing the "circular
economy" that we advocate for as Greens.

OUR CHALLENGE NOW IS TO ENSURE OUR OWN COUNTRY, CANADA, DOES SOMETHING WE
HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE - KEEP OUR WORD.

As Leader of the Green Party of Canada, I talk to so many young people who
are giving up. We have to communicate- especially to young people - that we
are not giving up. We are not walking away from the opportunity - small and
vanishing as it may be - to hold to no more than a 1.5 degree C global
average temperature increase.

Eco-Grief is a real thing - BUT IT IS NOT TOO LATE. This week in Dubai, we
took a step away from the abyss. But there is a mountain of work to do to
build on this small first step toward sanity. We need to reach as many
people who care as possible to press for Canada to start implementing our
promises.

I so wish I had the kind of budget other parties have. Where they
disseminate misinformation, and worse, disinformation. Where they want
people to hate and fear each other - we need to share a positive message of
a Green future, one people can believe in.

COULD YOU TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW AND DONATE TO HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT?
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Please do help Greens across Canada grab this lifeline and build on it -
fast!

COUNT ME IN [2]Thanks so much - for whatever you can spare!

Elizabeth

ELIZABETH MAY, O.C.
MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands
Green Party of Canada

P.S. Here is a link to a longer article I wrote from Dubai - _Letter from
COP28: A Climate Lifeline Worth Grabbing._ [3]

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