Seth Klein
@sethdklein.bsky.social
Past Team Lead, Climate Emergency Unit; author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency"; columnist w/ Canada's National Observer; former social justice think tank director
https://www.sethklein.ca
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🔥 The climate emergency hasn't gone away - it's here & now. But our gvts aren't acting with urgency.
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
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This holiday season, join me & @naomiaklein.bsky.social for a different kind of family gathering: a coast-to-coast gathering of our extended democratic socialist family!
On Dec 29, we’ll come together to reflect, strategize, and grow our movement.
RSVP here: act.lewisforleader.ca/outreach-party
On Dec 29, we’ll come together to reflect, strategize, and grow our movement.
RSVP here: act.lewisforleader.ca/outreach-party
December 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This holiday season, join me & @naomiaklein.bsky.social for a different kind of family gathering: a coast-to-coast gathering of our extended democratic socialist family!
On Dec 29, we’ll come together to reflect, strategize, and grow our movement.
RSVP here: act.lewisforleader.ca/outreach-party
On Dec 29, we’ll come together to reflect, strategize, and grow our movement.
RSVP here: act.lewisforleader.ca/outreach-party
Reposted by Seth Klein
A year ago, U of T’s Laura Tozer was adding climate policies to her lecture slides. This year, she’s deleting them, and asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to explain the rollbacks directly to her students. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/24/n...
This University of Toronto Professor wants Carney to answer to her students
Each year, University of Toronto professor Laura Tozer updates a slide deck that she presents to her graduate students on the state of climate policy in Canada. This year, she is deleting everything.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A year ago, U of T’s Laura Tozer was adding climate policies to her lecture slides. This year, she’s deleting them, and asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to explain the rollbacks directly to her students. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/24/n...
Scientists Raise the Alarm as Trump Dismantles Key Climate Research Lab www.theenergymix.com/scientists-r...
Scientists Raise the Alarm as Trump Dismantles Key Climate Research Lab
The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, moving to dissolve a research lab that a top White House official described as “one of the largest sou...
www.theenergymix.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Scientists Raise the Alarm as Trump Dismantles Key Climate Research Lab www.theenergymix.com/scientists-r...
Reposted by Seth Klein
NDP leadership contestant @avilewis.ca is differentiating himself from his rivals with an ambitious climate plan.
If this is compelling to you, join so you can vote at: lewisforleader.ca
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...
If this is compelling to you, join so you can vote at: lewisforleader.ca
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table
Even if Lewis and his Green New Deal is not the first choice for New Democrats seeking a way to rebuild their party’s dismal fortune, it’s nice to see someone aiming high. Lewis’ climate plan is a rem...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NDP leadership contestant @avilewis.ca is differentiating himself from his rivals with an ambitious climate plan.
If this is compelling to you, join so you can vote at: lewisforleader.ca
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...
If this is compelling to you, join so you can vote at: lewisforleader.ca
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...
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Joel, Jen, and Cheri know how to win tough elections. And they used their time in office to lead important fights — from winning a public inquiry into Ottawa’s light rails and defending family caregivers, to advancing LGBTQ rights, pay equity, living wages, and reproductive rights.
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Joel, Jen, and Cheri know how to win tough elections. And they used their time in office to lead important fights — from winning a public inquiry into Ottawa’s light rails and defending family caregivers, to advancing LGBTQ rights, pay equity, living wages, and reproductive rights.
Looking for some insightful holiday listening? Check out our special 6-episode podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, featuring a stellar line-up of expert guests (check out the listing below).
A deep dive into what genuine emergency action looks like.
Give a listen 👇
A deep dive into what genuine emergency action looks like.
Give a listen 👇
🌎 Our 6 Markers of Climate Emergency podcast series is out now!
Across six episodes, the series offers a practical, big-picture framework for responding to the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands.
🎧 Listen to the full series now: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
Across six episodes, the series offers a practical, big-picture framework for responding to the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands.
🎧 Listen to the full series now: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Looking for some insightful holiday listening? Check out our special 6-episode podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, featuring a stellar line-up of expert guests (check out the listing below).
A deep dive into what genuine emergency action looks like.
Give a listen 👇
A deep dive into what genuine emergency action looks like.
Give a listen 👇
Reposted by Seth Klein
🔥 The climate emergency hasn't gone away - it's here & now. But our gvts aren't acting with urgency.
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🔥 The climate emergency hasn't gone away - it's here & now. But our gvts aren't acting with urgency.
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
🔥 The climate emergency hasn't gone away - it's here & now. But our gvts aren't acting with urgency.
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🔥 The climate emergency hasn't gone away - it's here & now. But our gvts aren't acting with urgency.
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
NDP leadership contestant @avilewis.ca is differentiating himself from his rivals with an ambitious climate plan.
If this is compelling to you, join so you can vote at: lewisforleader.ca
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...
If this is compelling to you, join so you can vote at: lewisforleader.ca
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table
Even if Lewis and his Green New Deal is not the first choice for New Democrats seeking a way to rebuild their party’s dismal fortune, it’s nice to see someone aiming high. Lewis’ climate plan is a rem...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NDP leadership contestant @avilewis.ca is differentiating himself from his rivals with an ambitious climate plan.
If this is compelling to you, join so you can vote at: lewisforleader.ca
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...
If this is compelling to you, join so you can vote at: lewisforleader.ca
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...
My interview with @theenergymix.com about wrapping up the Climate Emergency Unit:
Q&A: Lessons From a Five-Year Effort to Shift Canada Into Climate Emergency Mode www.theenergymix.com/qa-lessons-f...
Q&A: Lessons From a Five-Year Effort to Shift Canada Into Climate Emergency Mode www.theenergymix.com/qa-lessons-f...
Q&A: Lessons From a Five-Year Effort to Shift Canada Into Climate Emergency Mode
As the Climate Emergency Unit ends its five-year mandate, founder Seth Klein reflects in an interview with The Energy Mix on the project’s ambitions, its impact on Canada’s climate movement, and what ...
www.theenergymix.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My interview with @theenergymix.com about wrapping up the Climate Emergency Unit:
Q&A: Lessons From a Five-Year Effort to Shift Canada Into Climate Emergency Mode www.theenergymix.com/qa-lessons-f...
Q&A: Lessons From a Five-Year Effort to Shift Canada Into Climate Emergency Mode www.theenergymix.com/qa-lessons-f...
Reposted by Seth Klein
Looking for some insightful holiday listening? Check out our special 6-episode podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, featuring a stellar line-up of expert guests (check out the listing below). A deep dive into what genuine emergency action looks like. Have a listen 👇
🌎 Our 6 Markers of Climate Emergency podcast series is out now!
Across six episodes, the series offers a practical, big-picture framework for responding to the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands.
🎧 Listen to the full series now: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
Across six episodes, the series offers a practical, big-picture framework for responding to the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands.
🎧 Listen to the full series now: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Looking for some insightful holiday listening? Check out our special 6-episode podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, featuring a stellar line-up of expert guests (check out the listing below). A deep dive into what genuine emergency action looks like. Have a listen 👇
Reposted by Seth Klein
The single most important scientific advancement for the future of our species and planet. #ClimateCrisis
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The single most important scientific advancement for the future of our species and planet. #ClimateCrisis
Reposted by Seth Klein
Hey Vancouver! Tomorrow, join @avilewis.ca and fellow supporters for our Winter Fundraiser.
Our grassroots campaign depends on your support. Stop by for some warm drinks, good company, and to help us build an NDP that fights for all of us.
RSVP: avilewis.link/van-fundraiser
Our grassroots campaign depends on your support. Stop by for some warm drinks, good company, and to help us build an NDP that fights for all of us.
RSVP: avilewis.link/van-fundraiser
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hey Vancouver! Tomorrow, join @avilewis.ca and fellow supporters for our Winter Fundraiser.
Our grassroots campaign depends on your support. Stop by for some warm drinks, good company, and to help us build an NDP that fights for all of us.
RSVP: avilewis.link/van-fundraiser
Our grassroots campaign depends on your support. Stop by for some warm drinks, good company, and to help us build an NDP that fights for all of us.
RSVP: avilewis.link/van-fundraiser
Reposted by Seth Klein
Mark Carney has put a target on BC’s coast—with a plan to dig up Burrard Inlet so tankers can carry even more crude through these waters.
It’s time for a federal NDP leader who will say “no” to Big Oil—and fight to protect the places we love.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca
youtu.be/jrh2xJV0UEU?...
It’s time for a federal NDP leader who will say “no” to Big Oil—and fight to protect the places we love.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca
youtu.be/jrh2xJV0UEU?...
Mark Carney wants even more crude flowing to British Columbia’s Coast
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Mark Carney has put a target on BC’s coast—with a plan to dig up Burrard Inlet so tankers can carry even more crude through these waters.
It’s time for a federal NDP leader who will say “no” to Big Oil—and fight to protect the places we love.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca
youtu.be/jrh2xJV0UEU?...
It’s time for a federal NDP leader who will say “no” to Big Oil—and fight to protect the places we love.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca
youtu.be/jrh2xJV0UEU?...
Looking for some insightful holiday listening? Check out our special 6-episode podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, featuring a stellar line-up of expert guests (check out the listing below). A deep dive into what genuine emergency action looks like. Have a listen 👇
🌎 Our 6 Markers of Climate Emergency podcast series is out now!
Across six episodes, the series offers a practical, big-picture framework for responding to the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands.
🎧 Listen to the full series now: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
Across six episodes, the series offers a practical, big-picture framework for responding to the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands.
🎧 Listen to the full series now: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Looking for some insightful holiday listening? Check out our special 6-episode podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, featuring a stellar line-up of expert guests (check out the listing below). A deep dive into what genuine emergency action looks like. Have a listen 👇
Reposted by Seth Klein
“We have a federal [industrial pricing] backstop that we should be willing to enforce if provinces aren't willing to do what they're supposed to,” said @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
“It's in federal law. I don't understand why we're not doing it." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/n...
“It's in federal law. I don't understand why we're not doing it." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/n...
Enough deals with provinces, just enforce the law: Guilbeault
To make progress on the targets, the federal government should keep federal regulations to clean up Canada’s electricity grid, make good on repeated (and so far unfulfilled) promises to strengthen ind...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“We have a federal [industrial pricing] backstop that we should be willing to enforce if provinces aren't willing to do what they're supposed to,” said @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
“It's in federal law. I don't understand why we're not doing it." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/n...
“It's in federal law. I don't understand why we're not doing it." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/n...
Reposted by Seth Klein
Excellent oped by Kiera Taylor: We’re sending BC’s extreme weather bills to the wrong people.
Costs for floods and fires are shifted onto residents and taxpayers while fossil fuel companies most responsible for driving disasters pocket profits
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Costs for floods and fires are shifted onto residents and taxpayers while fossil fuel companies most responsible for driving disasters pocket profits
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: We’re sending B.C.’s extreme weather bills to the wrong people
Costs for floods and fires are shifted onto residents and taxpayers while companies most responsible for driving disasters pocket profits
vancouversun.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Excellent oped by Kiera Taylor: We’re sending BC’s extreme weather bills to the wrong people.
Costs for floods and fires are shifted onto residents and taxpayers while fossil fuel companies most responsible for driving disasters pocket profits
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Costs for floods and fires are shifted onto residents and taxpayers while fossil fuel companies most responsible for driving disasters pocket profits
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Reposted by Seth Klein
See all six markers come together. Watch the full 12-minute video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, which lays out the full framework for what real emergency leadership looks like.
Watch: youtu.be/HJdKqAVzG-I
Watch: youtu.be/HJdKqAVzG-I
6 Markers of Climate Emergency
YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
See all six markers come together. Watch the full 12-minute video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, which lays out the full framework for what real emergency leadership looks like.
Watch: youtu.be/HJdKqAVzG-I
Watch: youtu.be/HJdKqAVzG-I
Reposted by Seth Klein
Marker 6: Centre Indigenous rights and leadership
Winning the climate fight requires respecting Indigenous rights, title, and free, prior, and informed consent, and following Indigenous leadership.
Watch: youtu.be/osorqPAjvSI
Winning the climate fight requires respecting Indigenous rights, title, and free, prior, and informed consent, and following Indigenous leadership.
Watch: youtu.be/osorqPAjvSI
Marker 6: Centre Indigenous Rights and Leadership
YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Marker 6: Centre Indigenous rights and leadership
Winning the climate fight requires respecting Indigenous rights, title, and free, prior, and informed consent, and following Indigenous leadership.
Watch: youtu.be/osorqPAjvSI
Winning the climate fight requires respecting Indigenous rights, title, and free, prior, and informed consent, and following Indigenous leadership.
Watch: youtu.be/osorqPAjvSI
Reposted by Seth Klein
Marker 5: Leave no one behind
A successful climate mobilization requires social solidarity, good jobs, and strong supports so no community or worker is left behind.
Watch: youtu.be/uexym4940JI
A successful climate mobilization requires social solidarity, good jobs, and strong supports so no community or worker is left behind.
Watch: youtu.be/uexym4940JI
Marker 5: Leave No One Behind
YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Marker 5: Leave no one behind
A successful climate mobilization requires social solidarity, good jobs, and strong supports so no community or worker is left behind.
Watch: youtu.be/uexym4940JI
A successful climate mobilization requires social solidarity, good jobs, and strong supports so no community or worker is left behind.
Watch: youtu.be/uexym4940JI
Reposted by Seth Klein
Marker 3: Make it mandatory
Voluntary and incentive-based approaches have failed. In an emergency, governments set clear rules, timelines, and requirements to make change happen.
Watch: youtu.be/4szbr17HCXw
Voluntary and incentive-based approaches have failed. In an emergency, governments set clear rules, timelines, and requirements to make change happen.
Watch: youtu.be/4szbr17HCXw
Marker 3: Make It Mandatory
YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Marker 3: Make it mandatory
Voluntary and incentive-based approaches have failed. In an emergency, governments set clear rules, timelines, and requirements to make change happen.
Watch: youtu.be/4szbr17HCXw
Voluntary and incentive-based approaches have failed. In an emergency, governments set clear rules, timelines, and requirements to make change happen.
Watch: youtu.be/4szbr17HCXw
Reposted by Seth Klein
Marker 2: Create new institutions
Emergency action means building public institutions designed to deliver clean energy, infrastructure, and good jobs at speed and scale.
Watch: youtu.be/VqJuy1o7bk0
Emergency action means building public institutions designed to deliver clean energy, infrastructure, and good jobs at speed and scale.
Watch: youtu.be/VqJuy1o7bk0
Marker 2: Create New Institutions
YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Marker 2: Create new institutions
Emergency action means building public institutions designed to deliver clean energy, infrastructure, and good jobs at speed and scale.
Watch: youtu.be/VqJuy1o7bk0
Emergency action means building public institutions designed to deliver clean energy, infrastructure, and good jobs at speed and scale.
Watch: youtu.be/VqJuy1o7bk0
ICYMI: Check out this clips of our new video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action 👇
We're in a climate emergency. But what does real climate emergency leadership look like?
The Climate Emergency Unit developed the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency to assess whether governments & institutions are acting at true emergency speed & scale.
See the 🧵 below to watch clips on the 6 markers.
The Climate Emergency Unit developed the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency to assess whether governments & institutions are acting at true emergency speed & scale.
See the 🧵 below to watch clips on the 6 markers.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
ICYMI: Check out this clips of our new video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action 👇
“We have a federal [industrial pricing] backstop that we should be willing to enforce if provinces aren't willing to do what they're supposed to,” said @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
“It's in federal law. I don't understand why we're not doing it." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/n...
“It's in federal law. I don't understand why we're not doing it." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/n...
Enough deals with provinces, just enforce the law: Guilbeault
To make progress on the targets, the federal government should keep federal regulations to clean up Canada’s electricity grid, make good on repeated (and so far unfulfilled) promises to strengthen ind...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“We have a federal [industrial pricing] backstop that we should be willing to enforce if provinces aren't willing to do what they're supposed to,” said @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
“It's in federal law. I don't understand why we're not doing it." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/n...
“It's in federal law. I don't understand why we're not doing it." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/n...