Catherine McKenna
@cathmckenna.bsky.social
🌱 CEO, Climate & Nature Solutions; Chair UN Net Zero.
🇨🇦Former Minister of Environment & Climate
🏃♀️Author, Run Like a Girl
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www.catherinemckenna.ca
📩 contact@climateandnature.com
🇨🇦Former Minister of Environment & Climate
🏃♀️Author, Run Like a Girl
Order your copy today ⬇️
www.catherinemckenna.ca
📩 contact@climateandnature.com
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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!🏃♀️💪 🏃♀️💪 🏃♀️💪 🏃♀️💪
#WomenLeadingonClimate
#WomenLeadingonClimate
Brutal that Australia dropped its bid to hosy #COP31. Leaders who say they care about climate need to actially show up and step up. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference after Australia drops push to hold it in Adelaide
Fortnight-long event to be held in Antalya but Australian climate change minister Chris Bowen expected to lead the negotiations
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Brutal that Australia dropped its bid to hosy #COP31. Leaders who say they care about climate need to actially show up and step up. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
🌎New episode of #WomenLeadingOnClimate Podcast with two powerhouse Indigenous leaders Valérie Courtois & Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, on why Indigenous‑led action is essential!
Listen, learn, subscribe, share—real solutions start with Indigenous voices 🎧: tinyurl.com/WLOC-Podcast
Listen, learn, subscribe, share—real solutions start with Indigenous voices 🎧: tinyurl.com/WLOC-Podcast
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🌎New episode of #WomenLeadingOnClimate Podcast with two powerhouse Indigenous leaders Valérie Courtois & Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, on why Indigenous‑led action is essential!
Listen, learn, subscribe, share—real solutions start with Indigenous voices 🎧: tinyurl.com/WLOC-Podcast
Listen, learn, subscribe, share—real solutions start with Indigenous voices 🎧: tinyurl.com/WLOC-Podcast
Thanks Patrick Brown, Rowe Santos, and Brampton Library for hosting me - and thanks to so many Bramptonians for showing up for my #RunLikeAGirl talk! An awesome discussion with so many who care about climate & their community! And yes - Brampton won the e-bus award! #1 in my 💚!
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks Patrick Brown, Rowe Santos, and Brampton Library for hosting me - and thanks to so many Bramptonians for showing up for my #RunLikeAGirl talk! An awesome discussion with so many who care about climate & their community! And yes - Brampton won the e-bus award! #1 in my 💚!
“Historians will look back on US raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Historians will look back on US raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
It's #COP30 & Brazilian women are speaking out & standing up! If you missed out, catch last week's amazing Women Leading on Climate podcast episode with Ana Toni, Paloma Costa & Ilona Szabó de Carvalho!
Check it out here & subscribe! open.spotify.com/episode/1aa6...
Check it out here & subscribe! open.spotify.com/episode/1aa6...
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's #COP30 & Brazilian women are speaking out & standing up! If you missed out, catch last week's amazing Women Leading on Climate podcast episode with Ana Toni, Paloma Costa & Ilona Szabó de Carvalho!
Check it out here & subscribe! open.spotify.com/episode/1aa6...
Check it out here & subscribe! open.spotify.com/episode/1aa6...
Thrilled that @DavidLametti is Canada’s new Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the United Nations. His background in law & politics, his commitment to multilateralism, human rights & the rule of law will be invaluable as he takes on this critical role. 🇨🇦 (Also awesome that he was my law prof!)
Congratulations to former McGill law professor David Lametti, BCL’89, LLB’89, on becoming Canada’s next ambassador to the United Nations
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Thrilled that @DavidLametti is Canada’s new Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the United Nations. His background in law & politics, his commitment to multilateralism, human rights & the rule of law will be invaluable as he takes on this critical role. 🇨🇦 (Also awesome that he was my law prof!)
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Was incredible being in Brazil with so many incredible women! 🌿💚 Leadership, courage, and action at #COP30 and beyond. Grateful for this movement #WomenLeadingOnClimate.
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Was incredible being in Brazil with so many incredible women! 🌿💚 Leadership, courage, and action at #COP30 and beyond. Grateful for this movement #WomenLeadingOnClimate.
Incredible night celebrating Geoff Green and the Students on Ice 25th anniversary at NCC River House—and the launch of Hearts Wide Open! 🚢❄️ From the Arctic to the Antarctic, proud to cheer on cheer on this community.
Here's to the next 25 years!
Here's to the next 25 years!
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Incredible night celebrating Geoff Green and the Students on Ice 25th anniversary at NCC River House—and the launch of Hearts Wide Open! 🚢❄️ From the Arctic to the Antarctic, proud to cheer on cheer on this community.
Here's to the next 25 years!
Here's to the next 25 years!
Upcoming events!
- Nov 19 - Brampton
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- Nov 20 - Toronto
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- Nov 24 - Vancouver (UBC)
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- Nov 25 - Victoria (UVic)
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Save your seat & bring a friend!
#RunLikeAGirl 🏃♀️ #WomenLeadingOnClimate
- Nov 19 - Brampton
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- Nov 20 - Toronto
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- Nov 24 - Vancouver (UBC)
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- Nov 25 - Victoria (UVic)
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Save your seat & bring a friend!
#RunLikeAGirl 🏃♀️ #WomenLeadingOnClimate
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Upcoming events!
- Nov 19 - Brampton
➜ tinyurl.com/yakj2hp7
- Nov 20 - Toronto
➜ tinyurl.com/4d4xsnzb
- Nov 24 - Vancouver (UBC)
➜ luma.com/ho74lxwe
- Nov 25 - Victoria (UVic)
➜ tinyurl.com/yabezruv
Save your seat & bring a friend!
#RunLikeAGirl 🏃♀️ #WomenLeadingOnClimate
- Nov 19 - Brampton
➜ tinyurl.com/yakj2hp7
- Nov 20 - Toronto
➜ tinyurl.com/4d4xsnzb
- Nov 24 - Vancouver (UBC)
➜ luma.com/ho74lxwe
- Nov 25 - Victoria (UVic)
➜ tinyurl.com/yabezruv
Save your seat & bring a friend!
#RunLikeAGirl 🏃♀️ #WomenLeadingOnClimate
Oil & gas is the worst. They’re happy to be on the major project list while demanding the govt kill any regulations that require them to clean up the poison they spew, instead demanding taxpayers pay while giving their massive profits to shareholders & laying off Cdn workers.
Oil and gas producers applaud Ottawa's latest major projects list nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/14/o...
Oil and gas producers applaud Ottawa's latest major projects list
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Oil & gas is the worst. They’re happy to be on the major project list while demanding the govt kill any regulations that require them to clean up the poison they spew, instead demanding taxpayers pay while giving their massive profits to shareholders & laying off Cdn workers.
Brampton, let’s do this! 💪📖
Join me Nov 19 at Springdale Library for an evening of honest stories from Run Like a Girl—about ambition, resilience, and fighting for change.
Register below ⬇️
www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Cult...
Join me Nov 19 at Springdale Library for an evening of honest stories from Run Like a Girl—about ambition, resilience, and fighting for change.
Register below ⬇️
www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Cult...
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Brampton, let’s do this! 💪📖
Join me Nov 19 at Springdale Library for an evening of honest stories from Run Like a Girl—about ambition, resilience, and fighting for change.
Register below ⬇️
www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Cult...
Join me Nov 19 at Springdale Library for an evening of honest stories from Run Like a Girl—about ambition, resilience, and fighting for change.
Register below ⬇️
www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Cult...
🎙️It’s LIVE! US Climate "Czarina" Gina McCarthy on turning climate targets into real action that improves lives! Also, having hope with a backbone.
Listen now ➜ open.spotify.com/episode/6pGh...
Listen now ➜ open.spotify.com/episode/6pGh...
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🎙️It’s LIVE! US Climate "Czarina" Gina McCarthy on turning climate targets into real action that improves lives! Also, having hope with a backbone.
Listen now ➜ open.spotify.com/episode/6pGh...
Listen now ➜ open.spotify.com/episode/6pGh...
Tomorrow at #COP30 Belém, #WomenLeadingOnClimate – live from the WDHT Studio. Joined by María Mendiluce, @wemeanbusiness.bsky.social, moderated by Katarina Wangler Björk—leadership that accelerates credible net zero action.
#NetZero
Register: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/cop30...
#NetZero
Register: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/cop30...
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Tomorrow at #COP30 Belém, #WomenLeadingOnClimate – live from the WDHT Studio. Joined by María Mendiluce, @wemeanbusiness.bsky.social, moderated by Katarina Wangler Björk—leadership that accelerates credible net zero action.
#NetZero
Register: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/cop30...
#NetZero
Register: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/cop30...
Awesome to see such incredible energy at the #WomenLeadingonClimate event in Belém - matched by the flood of #COP30 messages from women around the world united on climate. We are on the right side of history. And we will win! We just have to keep on going! 💪🏽💪🏼💪🏿💪🏾💪🏻
On the first day of #COP30, the Business Pavilion was packed as #WomenLeadingOnClimate from Australia to the Amazon met to connect, energize and strategize for the conference ahead.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Awesome to see such incredible energy at the #WomenLeadingonClimate event in Belém - matched by the flood of #COP30 messages from women around the world united on climate. We are on the right side of history. And we will win! We just have to keep on going! 💪🏽💪🏼💪🏿💪🏾💪🏻
Good.
Current government 'stands by' Canada's climate targets, environment minister says. Carney government is committed to the 2035 target set under Trudeau: Julie Dabrusin www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Current government 'stands by' Canada's climate targets, environment minister says | CBC News
Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets that were set under the previous Prime ...
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Good.
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I’m a huge fan of @doctrott.bsky.social, a member of the 1% calling for higher taxes on the ultra rich & deploring the “accumulation of wealth and power as completely out of control.” And she is the real deal as a major philanthropist supporting social justice & climate action! 💪
Un café avec… Claire Trottier | L’ultrariche la plus atypique du Québec
Membre du 1 % des plus riches au Québec, Claire Trottier milite pour payer plus d’impôt parce qu’on assiste, déplore-t-elle, à une « accumulation de richesse et de pouvoir absolument hors contrôle ». ...
www.lapresse.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I’m a huge fan of @doctrott.bsky.social, a member of the 1% calling for higher taxes on the ultra rich & deploring the “accumulation of wealth and power as completely out of control.” And she is the real deal as a major philanthropist supporting social justice & climate action! 💪
Women & girls: Flood #COP30 tomorrow with stories about how #WomenLeadingonClimate are united in driving climate action! JOIN IN!
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿💪🏼💪🏾 Details: surl.li/twcorz
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿💪🏼💪🏾 Details: surl.li/twcorz
📢 We need your voice on Nov. 10 as #COP30 begins in the Amazon. Share how you’re united with women and girls leading on climate—and how you’re driving solutions.
Use #WomenLeadingOnClimate & #COP30 and grab the shareables: tinyurl.com/z77w6hv4
Use #WomenLeadingOnClimate & #COP30 and grab the shareables: tinyurl.com/z77w6hv4
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Women & girls: Flood #COP30 tomorrow with stories about how #WomenLeadingonClimate are united in driving climate action! JOIN IN!
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿💪🏼💪🏾 Details: surl.li/twcorz
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿💪🏼💪🏾 Details: surl.li/twcorz
Reposted by Catherine McKenna
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
Reposted by Catherine McKenna
I want to print out this piece and frame it.
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
“Legislation should prevent discrimination and self-preferencing, and put a price on data extraction-and in some cases cap excessive fees.” The legendary thinker + doer Tim Wu www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Can we go back to the optimism of the 1990s, before the extraction economy took over?
Our economic system benefits only those at the very top – but it’s not too late for change
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I want to print out this piece and frame it.
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
📢 We need your voice on Nov. 10 as #COP30 begins in the Amazon. Share how you’re united with women and girls leading on climate—and how you’re driving solutions.
Use #WomenLeadingOnClimate & #COP30 and grab the shareables: tinyurl.com/z77w6hv4
Use #WomenLeadingOnClimate & #COP30 and grab the shareables: tinyurl.com/z77w6hv4
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📢 We need your voice on Nov. 10 as #COP30 begins in the Amazon. Share how you’re united with women and girls leading on climate—and how you’re driving solutions.
Use #WomenLeadingOnClimate & #COP30 and grab the shareables: tinyurl.com/z77w6hv4
Use #WomenLeadingOnClimate & #COP30 and grab the shareables: tinyurl.com/z77w6hv4
Live from Brazil: Episode 3 of #WomenLeadingOnClimate podcast, ahead of #COP30
🔹 Ana Toni: what COP30 must deliver
🔹 Paloma Costa: youth + solidarity with Amazon Indigenous communities
🔹 Ilona Szabo: stakes for the Global South
Listen + share: www.womenleadingonclimate.org/our-podcast
🔹 Ana Toni: what COP30 must deliver
🔹 Paloma Costa: youth + solidarity with Amazon Indigenous communities
🔹 Ilona Szabo: stakes for the Global South
Listen + share: www.womenleadingonclimate.org/our-podcast
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Live from Brazil: Episode 3 of #WomenLeadingOnClimate podcast, ahead of #COP30
🔹 Ana Toni: what COP30 must deliver
🔹 Paloma Costa: youth + solidarity with Amazon Indigenous communities
🔹 Ilona Szabo: stakes for the Global South
Listen + share: www.womenleadingonclimate.org/our-podcast
🔹 Ana Toni: what COP30 must deliver
🔹 Paloma Costa: youth + solidarity with Amazon Indigenous communities
🔹 Ilona Szabo: stakes for the Global South
Listen + share: www.womenleadingonclimate.org/our-podcast
“Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Prime Minister Mark Carney's government” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Feds faced intense lobbying pressure before budget
Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Prime Minister Mark Carney's government” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Reposted by Catherine McKenna
Letter from a climate activist: “It is time for every leader to prove that they value people over polluters. My generation will not stop pushing for policies that match the science and protect our future.”
LETTER: “Youth climate activist urges leaders to prioritize science over politics.” So proud of @sophiamathur.bsky.social for speaking truth to power. We made a pinky promise 8 yrs ago to do our part to tackle the climate crisis & she lives up to it every day! www.baytoday.ca/letters-to-t...
LETTER: Youth climate activist urges leaders to prioritize science over politics
'Climate change is here, it is deadly, and it is stealing the dreams of young people like me'
www.baytoday.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Letter from a climate activist: “It is time for every leader to prove that they value people over polluters. My generation will not stop pushing for policies that match the science and protect our future.”