Former federal Liberal environment minister Catherine McKenna was in Parliament from 2015 to 2021. Her new memoir “Run Like A Girl: A Memoir of Ambition, Resilience, and Fighting for Change” will be published by Sutherland House later this month. Until then, she has a piece of advice for MPs for their fall session.

Former federal Liberal environment minister Catherine McKenna was in Parliament from 2015 to 2021. Her new memoir “Run Like A Girl: A Memoir of Ambition, Resilience, and Fighting for Change” will be published by Sutherland House later this month. Until then, she has a piece of advice for MPs for their fall session.

In May 2016, I was leading intense negotiations between the federal government and the provinces and territories to secure Canada’s first national climate plan.

Welcome to 2024—or T minus 6. 2030, a critical milestone in the fight against climate change is now clearly in view.

In some circles, it’s become acceptable to give up on the 1.5°C target as too hard. This is pitiful—especially when we have the solutions.

This summer scorched the Earth, breaking heat records globally and setting off wildfires that choked North American cities.

Long overshadowed by discussions on renewable energy and emissions reduction, the restoration, conservation, and protection of biodiversity has emerged as a central pillar in the fight against global warming.

Here in Canada, oil and gas companies, the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, need to step up and take meaningful climate action now.

Women are leading the climate revolution. At COP27, speakers should cede time to hear what they have to say.

Watch the presentation of the HLEG report to the United Nations Secretary-General at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh.

Catherine McKenna is Canada's former minister of environment and climate change and the chair of an expert panel called on by the U.N. secretary general to set clear standards and criteria to get to net-zero emissions.

At this critical moment, the Columbia Centre on Global Energy Policy convened to discuss the most urgent challenges across the globe with the foremost experts, leaders, and visionaries in energy geopolitics and the energy transition.

In an interview with the chair of the Expert Group, Catherine McKenna discusses why it is critical to improve the credibility and accountability of net-zero commitments among non-state entities.

The Aspen Institute hosted global and local policymakers, scientific experts, corporate leaders, inventors and innovators, artists, young leaders, influencers, and engaged members of the public to participate in Aspen Ideas: Climate.

Inaugural Columbia Climate School Speaker Series featuring Catherine McKenna, former Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change and current Distinguished Visiting Fellow with Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy.

Gerald Butts and Catherine McKenna discuss their experiences passing a carbon tax in Canada, as advisor to prime minister Justin Trudeau.