Calgary, AB - The Calgary Alliance for the Common Good will be on the front steps of City Hall on Tuesday, June 7th to press for action on climate.

This is part of a multi-year strategy to press for more to do be done as a city. Calgary has a tremendous opportunity to benefit from a strong approach to the climate crisis.

Council has signaled that it wants to seize this opportunity, starting with the November 2021 Climate Emergency declaration. The Community Development Committee passed the “Calgary Climate Strategy - Pathways to 2050” on May 31, 2022 and Council will vote on the Climate Strategy on June 7.

QUOTES:

"The strategy is a good starting point, but it needs to be backed up with action plans and funding so we’re not explaining to our kids in 8 years why nothing was done."

"We recommend to council to adopt the revised Climate Strategy. There is a need to put real dollars behind this strategy and we will be checking back in with council during the budget discussions."

"I have six- and eight-year-old boys: the repeated cries to those in the shoes of the decision makers to think of the children cannot fall on deaf ears. We need backbone. I was ten when the world signed onto the Rio Declaration. My children do not have the luxury of 30 years of misplaced trust."

Christine Laing, Co-Chair
Environment Research Action Team, Calgary Alliance for the Common Good

"We are at a time where the shift to a sustainable economy is critical if we are to avoid the worst effects of climate change and ensure social inclusiveness. Calgarians made it clear in the last municipal election that we have a shared responsibility for environmental stewardship and that our city can lead the country through the climate crisis."

Renée Kirby, Climate Organizer,
Calgary Alliance for the Common Good

 

Media Contacts:

Christine Laing, Co-Chair,
Environment Research Action Team, Calgary Alliance for the Common Good
EMAIL: [email protected]

Renée Kirby, Climate Organizer, Calgary Alliance for the Common Good
EMAIL: [email protected]

Ryan Andersen, Lead Organizer, Calgary Alliance for the Common Good
EMAIL: [email protected]
CELL: (403) 993-7123

 

 

About the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good:

The Calgary Alliance for the Common Good is a non-partisan, non-profit alliance of 32 community, labour, faith, education, ethnocultural, and non-profit groups representing 37,000 Calgarians. These organizations have come together to help shape a just and compassionate Calgary.

• Learn more about us at https://www.calgarycommongood.org/about_us 
• Review our previous media coverage and editorials on our press room here: https://www.calgarycommongood.org/press_room
• The Calgary Alliance has been leading a letter writing campaign. You can view it on our website.