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Catherine McKenna
@cathmckenna.bsky.social
🌱 CEO, Climate & Nature Solutions; Chair UN Net Zero.
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Former Minister of Environment & Climate
πŸƒβ€β™€οΈAuthor, Run Like a Girl
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www.catherinemckenna.ca

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Big news! My book, #RunLikeaGirl, is launching in Canada & US on September 23. It’s about having the courage to run your own race-even when it’s hard. Trying to live up to the expectations of others is no way to live or make a difference. Let’s do this!πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ’ͺ πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ’ͺ πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ’ͺ πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ’ͺ
#WomenLeadingonClimate
Happy New Year! May you find joy this year in the amazing things our wonderful country has to offer like a glorious skate on the @NCC_Skateway, the largest skating rink in the world! β€οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β„οΈ #WeAreWinter
January 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This is absolutely bonkers.
"The US can destroy a European's life with the swipe of a pen. This week's US sanctions against European lawmakers and privacy activists is a major escalation. And it shows the dangers of Europe relying on American economic infrastructure." davekeating.substack.com/p/the-us-can...
December 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I join women worldwide calling for the immediate release of Zahra Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian mother & engineer, who is at imminent risk of execution in Iran for holding up a banner bearing the words β€œWoman, Resistance, Freedom”. #SaveZahraTabari iran1988.org/signatories-...
Signatories Of Statement by Prominent Women to Stop the Execution of Zahra Tabari in Iran - December 2025 - Iran 1988 Massacre
A coalition of more than 300 United Nations experts, Nobel laureates, former ambassadors, judges, human rights and legal experts, and NGOs have signed an urgent appeal for UN intervention to halt the ...
iran1988.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Great to catch up with former Prime Minister Jean ChrΓ©tien to give him a copy of my book. #RunLikeAGirl. He has been a great mentor. He gave me the best political advice that I would turn to when I had a really tough decision to make: β€œCanadians are reasonable. Be reasonable.” Truth!
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
β€œIf we don’t tackle oil and gas and oil sands, all bets are off.”

Listen to my β€œHot Take” on @c40cities.bsky.social Cities 1.5 podcast πŸ‘‡
NEW: Cities 1.5 Podcast’s Hot Takes - Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis.

Cities 1.5’s first Hot Take focuses on a major move in Canada’s energy future and what it means for climate, cities, and the promises made to hold fossil fuel giants accountable. lnk.to/HotTakes1
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I find these Women Leading on Climate podcasts by @cathmckenna.bsky.social inspiring. I always love listening to @katharinehayhoe.com. It helps ground me and remind me to keep going. Today's take away: Self-care is so important for our own sustainability.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJct...
Katharine Hayhoe on how we're not alone & why there's hope | Women Leading on Climate
YouTube video by Women Leading on Climate
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Did you miss our season finale of #WomenLeadingOnClimate podcast with @cat-abreu.bsky.social?

🎧Listen here: linktr.ee/WLOC

#WomenLeadingOnClimate
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Looking forward to joining Smith School of Business | Queen’s University on Jan. 21, for a fireside chat all about #RunLikeAGirl, climate, sustainability and women’s leadership.

The event is free, but space is limited – register here: smith.queensu.ca/events/run-l...
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
β€œInuit Nunangat is at the forefront of climate change, and irreversible changes are occurring in our homeland. Our adaptation costs & needs will grow whether or not global temperatures remain within 1.5 or 2.0C. ITK is deeply concerned that Canada won’t meet its emissions targets.”
Record Arctic warmth meets retreating climate action, leaving the North exposed
From shrinking sea ice to wetter weather, the latest report card catalogues a year of rapid-fire change
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
β€œWhen I look around at climate work, I see women everywhere.”

In our Season 1 finale of #WomenLeadingOnClimate, @cat-abreu.bsky.social talks about women as the β€œpowerhouses of change” in climate – convening, organizing, getting things done.

🎧Listen & share: linktr.ee/WLOC

#WomenLeadingOnClimate
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Paris Agreement was 10 years agoβ€”β€œthe first time every country agreed to a temperature target: stay well below 2Β°C, striving for 1.5Β°C”—but we’re not there yet!

Listen to my chat with @davidmcguffin.bsky.social on @cangeo.bsky.social
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December 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Got my new passport. Best damn passport in the world! β€οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
December 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ten years ago, πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ showed up at #COP21 to help land an ambitious Paris Agreement: The PM, Premiers, opposition members, Indigenous leaders, environmentalists, business leaders & youth.

We need that same spirit now to do the work at home - it’s about tackling climate change & winning the future.
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
You can get into politics to improve lives or you can go after vulnerable children and pick fights with the federal government.
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today!
Join me tomorrow at Rockcliffe Park to talk #RunLikeAGirl ––about leading, learning, pushing for change & more!

πŸ“Rockcliffe Park Community Hall
πŸ—“οΈ Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.

Learn more πŸ‘‰ tinyurl.com/CathMcKenna-...
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Excellent piece by @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social. Well worth reading.
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Join me tomorrow at Rockcliffe Park to talk #RunLikeAGirl ––about leading, learning, pushing for change & more!

πŸ“Rockcliffe Park Community Hall
πŸ—“οΈ Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.

Learn more πŸ‘‰ tinyurl.com/CathMcKenna-...
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Integrity in climate leadership means keeping the 1.5C goal aliveβ€”and doing the work now, not later. The #StateOfClimateAction 2025 maps out the goalposts we need to hit: bit.ly/4o6hPwm

@worldresources.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Joined the Secure Line podcast to talk about climate, democracy, and what it’s actually like to face sustained online and offline harassment as a woman working in politics. Listen now ⬇️

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6LnH...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Spotify – Web Player
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December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Really sad to see @catabreu.bsky.social & @simondonner.bsky.social quit Canada’s Net Zero Advisory Body. Cat and Simon are globally respected climate leaders. More than ever, Canadians need experts giving independent advice about how Canada can achieve its goal of net zero emissions.
Ignored since the federal election, an arms-length expert body set up to advise the federal government on the energy transition is collapsing.
The latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw for two members. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports
Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal
Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
So brutal. Danielle Smith & the oilsands’ goal is increasing production, pollution, and the cost Canadians pay for climate change - while delaying the energy transition. The opposite of winning the future.
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Join me next week at Rockcliffe Park to talk #RunLikeAGirl ––about leading, learning, pushing for change & more!

πŸ“Rockcliffe Park Community Hall
πŸ—“οΈ Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.

Thanks Sarah Anson-Cartwright for this thoughtful article on my book. Learn more πŸ‘‰ tinyurl.com/CathMcKenna-...
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
β€œFind creative solutions to tough challenges.” That’s what it takes to build a clean energy future.

Great chat with Ingrid Reumert from Orsted on the latest #WomenLeadingOnClimate.

πŸ’š Listen, subscribe & share β†’ linktr.ee/WLOC
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM