When Canada invests in carbon fairy tales, we all lose

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When Canada invests in carbon fairy tales, we all lose

By Meg Sears - National Observer - December 23rd 2025

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EXCERPT: "On Nov. 16th, Canada received the “Fossil of the Day Award” at COP 30, shaming the country for its activities that hinder progress against global warming.

A key reason was Canada’s reversal of the goal to phase out fossil fuels, instead committing to increasing oil extraction — including committing $21.5 million to carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in Alberta’s oil patch.

Behind shiny pipes and piles of money lurks a fairy tale that Canada could produce, refine, ship and burn oil, with substantial carbon dioxide (CO2) being captured and harmlessly pumped into the ground, never to be seen again. This is inaccurate. . . . ."

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Canada shamed as “Fossil of the Day” at COP30, for the first time in more than a decade

November 18, 2025 - Climate Action Network Canada - Belém, Brazil

EXCERPT: "Today at COP30, international civil society denounced Canada as Fossil of the Day—the first time since 2014 that Canada has been singled out for this dishonour.

Fossil of the Day is awarded daily during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.” In a statement, Climate Action Network International said:

“Canada receives the award because the new government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has flushed years of climate policies down the drain, and is completely ‘Missing In Action’ at a COP where multilateralism needs to be saved. In addition to the backsliding on policies tackling Canada’s climate-destroying pollution, his Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin has chosen inaction and silence where leadership was urgently needed.

“While the world at COP30 is actively working to establish the Belém Action Mechanism – a new global architecture to ensure a just transition for workers, communities and Indigenous Peoples – Canada remains silent in the conversation. We see the G77+China, the European Union, and others propose ways forward for the Just Transition Work Programme, yet Canada remains vague. The country offers only sympathetic nods to domestic “sustainable jobs”, but no substantive commitment to the mechanism that could link global cooperation, justice, and climate ambition. […]

“For all of these reasons – the dismantling of progress, the disregard for Indigenous rights, the silence on finance, the absence of leadership, and the growing gap between rhetoric and reality – Canada has earned today’s Fossil of the Day.

“Canada: we expected better. Your people deserve better. And the world cannot afford your retreat.” . . . "

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