{"id":2224,"date":"2015-12-02T20:26:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T20:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:23:10","slug":"cop21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/cop21\/","title":{"rendered":"COP21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2225\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/47103035_juv_tusk-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"_47103035_juv_tusk\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/47103035_juv_tusk-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/47103035_juv_tusk.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>COP21 United Nations Conference on Climate Change started on Monday November 30and will run through to December 11. At this conference, world leaders are negotiating on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to reach temperature rise targets and begin to adapt to a changing climate. The conference is expected to produce an agreement on limiting rising global temperatures to no more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Trudeau is at the conference, alongside our environment minister, our international affairs minister, leaders of the opposition and many provincial premiers. In a tweet showing a picture of the Canadian political delegation, he wrote \u201cTo fight climate change, we\u2019re all in this together. Canada is back. #COP21\u201d. Climate change is an important threat to Canadian wildlife and habitats. Species like the Atlantic Puffin are under threat since changes in water temperatures and chemistry are modifying their prey species\u2019 distribution. Others, like the Narwhal, might experience loss of habitat since it needs a specific ice cover over the Arctic Ocean in order to survive. And those are just two examples. This is why we need to ensure that our wildlife heritage is part of Canada\u2019s climate change plan.<\/p>\n<p>Healthy ecosystems provide not only habitat to wild species, they provide a wide range of services that benefit our economy and overall quality of life. For example, peatlands and the boreal forest actually help mitigate the impacts of climate change by storing huge amounts of carbon! This is why CWF will be present at COP21 to be the voice of Canadian wildlife and habitats in the fight against climate change.<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2226\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/logo_tousensemble-441x640.jpg\" alt=\"logo_tousensemble\" width=\"441\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/logo_tousensemble-441x640.jpg 441w, https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/logo_tousensemble-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/logo_tousensemble.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>COP21, la conf\u00e9rence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques, est en cours, ayant commenc\u00e9 lundi dernier le 30 novembre et se terminant le 11 d\u00e9cembre. Durant cette conf\u00e9rence, des dirigeants de partout sur la plan\u00e8te n\u00e9gocieront sur les moyens de r\u00e9duire les \u00e9missions de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre afin d\u2019atteindre les cibles de hausse de temp\u00e9rature et comment s\u2019adapter \u00e0 notre climat en changement. Il est attendu \u00e0 ce que la conf\u00e9rence produise un accord afin de limiter la hausse de temp\u00e9rature moyenne globale \u00e0 deux degr\u00e9s Celsius au-dessus des niveaux pr\u00e9industriels.<\/p>\n<p>Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau y est pr\u00e9sent, accompagn\u00e9 de notre ministre de l\u2019Environnement, notre ministre des Affaires Internationales, des leaders de l\u2019opposition et de plusieurs premiers ministres provinciaux. Dans un gazouillis montrant une photo de la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation politique canadienne, M. Trudeau \u00e9crit\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Personne ne peut se soustraire de la lutte contre les changements climatiques. Le Canada est de retour. #COP21\u00a0\u00bb. Les changements climatiques sont une menace importante pour nos esp\u00e8ces et habitats sauvages. Des esp\u00e8ces telles le Macareux moine sont menac\u00e9es par des changements dans la temp\u00e9rature et la composition chimique de l\u2019eau qui modifient la distribution de leurs proies. D\u2019autres, comme le narval, subiront des pertes d\u2019habitat vu les changements dans la couverture de glace sur l\u2019oc\u00e9an Arctique, ce qui pourrait menacer leur survie. Nous devons donc nous assurer que les esp\u00e8ces sauvages fassent partie du plan canadien sur les changements climatiques.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes en sant\u00e9 donnent non seulement un habitat aux esp\u00e8ces sauvages, ils nous fournissent \u00e9galement des avantages \u00e9conomiques et am\u00e9liorent notre qualit\u00e9 de vie. Par exemple, les tourbi\u00e8res et la for\u00eat bor\u00e9ale aident \u00e0 amenuiser les effets des changements climatiques en entreposant d\u2019\u00e9normes quantit\u00e9s de carbone! C\u2019est pourquoi la FCF sera pr\u00e9sente \u00e0 COP21\u00a0: nous serons la voix de nos esp\u00e8ces sauvages au sein du combat contre les changements climatiques!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">COP21 United Nations Conference on Climate Change started on Monday November 30and will run through to December 11. 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