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Joint Statement Regarding the New Canada-California Partners

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https://pm.gc.ca/fr/nouvelles/declarations/2022/06/09/declaration-conjointe-concernant-nouveau-partenariat-canada

https://www.canada.ca/fr/services/environnement/meteo/changementsclimatiques/plan-climatique/reduire-emissions/protocole-cooperation-canada-californie-mesures-climat-protection-nature.html4

June 9, 2022
Los Angeles (California)

 

 

The world's leading climate scientists have said it bluntly: the window we have to avoid the worst impacts of climate change is closing faster than expected, and our success will only come through unprecedented collective effort and transformational change. In direct response to this crisis, California and Canada today launched a Partnership for Climate Action and Conservation. Guided by shared values and priorities, this partnership is the next step we are taking to ensure clean air and water, the creation of good jobs and healthy Canadian and Californian communities. 

In 2019, our governments agreed to work together to reduce vehicle emissions by promoting clean fuel standards and encouraging the adoption of zero-emission vehicles. Since then, our respective governments have committed to legislating zero-emission vehicles to represent 100 percent of new light-duty vehicle sales by 2035. medium and heavy vehicles are also switching to zero-emission vehicles. This new partnership builds on those successes.

By now, Canada and California have already proposed bans on harmful single-use plastics, enhanced nature and ocean protections, and pledged to build clean power grids, while giving prioritizing healthy communities and the health and resilience of natural systems. Our firefighters cross the border to help neighbors in need, while we secure supply chains so our industries can continue to create good jobs across the continent.

Canada and California have much to offer each other, whether by exchanging information and best practices, collaborating on policy and regulation, or undertaking mutually beneficial joint initiatives. Whether it is clean technologies, biodiversity conservation, zero-emission transport or the circular economy, the partnership will meet the needs of our citizens and strengthen our economic ties. Together, we can fight climate change and protect nature, while building inclusive and prosperous economies that benefit everyone, especially disadvantaged communities who are most affected by climate change.

In addition to the Memorandum of Cooperation signed today, which outlines common areas of work under our new partnership, we have committed that Canada and California will jointly host an Expert Roundtable on Fire Prevention forests and adaptation to them during UN Climate Week. This initiative will bring together senior officials, academics, industry and civil society representatives to define the next steps to achieve this common goal.

In everything we do, we recognize the importance of working in partnership with indigenous peoples knowing that their knowledge, including traditional knowledge, traditional practices and cultural values, is essential for climate action and the protection of nature.

By working together, our governments will fight climate change, protect nature, advance equity, and create jobs and thriving businesses. Our partnership is an example to the world of working together to build a promising future for people around the world.

 

Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada

Gavin Newsom Governor of the State of California

Memorandum of Cooperation Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the State of California of the United States of America Regarding Climate Action and Nature Conservation

The Government of Canada and the Government of the State of California , hereinafter referred to as "the Participants",

Considering that the combined challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss constitute a global threat to the lives and livelihoods of people and communities, and that there is an urgent need to collaborate in the search for solutions in order to mitigate the climate change and adapt to it, as well as to prevent and reverse the loss of biodiversity;

Whereas vehicles and transportation fuels are a significant source of greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions in both Canada and California, and that reducing transportation-related emissions is one of the the easiest to implement and most economically beneficial for mitigating climate change while building cleaner, more resilient communities and economies;

Considering that the Department of Environment Canada (Environment and Climate Change Canada - ECCC) and the California Air Resources Board ( California Air Resources Board ) already have a Memorandum of Understanding intended to promote and implement cooperative activities on policies and regulatory measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, including those from vehicles, engines and fuels;

Whereas there are other opportunities for collaboration and information exchange on light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles, off-road equipment, clean and renewable fuel standards and charging infrastructure;

Considering that the development, adoption and scaling up of clean technologies such as hydrogen, carbon capture, use and storage, and clean energy, among others, are essential to the achievement of their emission reduction targets;

Whereas Canada and California are implementing a range of complementary voluntary and regulatory actions spanning the lifecycle of plastics to address the threats posed by plastic waste and plastic pollution, including microplastics, for the health of the environment and ecosystems, including wildlife, rivers, lakes and oceans, and to accelerate the adoption of innovative technologies and advance the transition to a circular economy for plastics that will reduce pollution and will have positive economic impacts;

Considering that both Canada and California face more frequent extreme weather events, such as uncontrolled wildfires, more severe storms and droughts, flooding and coastal erosion, they suffer losses social and economic growth due to the current and future impacts of climate change, and that there is an urgent need to act to adapt and build resilience, in particular by focusing on nature-based solutions;

Whereas Canada is currently developing a National Adaptation Strategy and California has recently updated its Climate Adaptation Strategy;

Considering that Canada and California are both working to accelerate the implementation of measures to ensure the conservation of biodiversity in the face of the climate crisis, in particular through Canada's commitment to ensure the conservation of 30 percent of its land and waters by 2030, and California's similar commitment to conserve 30 percent of its land and coastal waters by 2030;

Considering that indigenous knowledge, including customary practices and cultural values, represent an essential element in the fight against climate change, land degradation and the loss of biodiversity, and that Canada and California are both committed to engage indigenous peoples;

Considering that further collaboration between the Government of Canada and the Government of the State of California would help them achieve their climate change mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity objectives,

Have agreed to the following:

1. Objective
   1. The objective of this Memorandum of Cooperation (CP) is to establish a flexible framework between the Participants to enable them to promote and carry out cooperative activities in order to advance their respective policies and regulatory measures aimed at reducing pollution, adapt to climate change and to ensure the conservation of nature, according to the respective competences of the Participants and on the basis of the principles of equality, reciprocity, exchange of information and mutual advantages. As such, the Participants share the following common objectives:
      1. Facilitate collaboration on their zero-emission transportation goals, including ZEV light-duty vehicle sales and emission reduction goals, related incentive programs, and efforts to reduce the carbon intensity of fuels and reduce and eliminate emissions from medium and heavy-duty vehicles and off-road engines;
      2. Promote the use of clean technologies to meet their emission reduction goals, meet Canada's and California's carbon neutrality targets, and build resilience;
      3. Exchange information, lessons learned and best practices regarding climate change adaptation, nature-based solutions, circular economy and plastics, to support the development of their respective policies and regulations.
2. Areas of cooperation
   1. The Participants intend to advance their respective policies and regulatory measures aimed at preventing pollution, adapting to climate change and ensuring nature conservation through initiatives focusing in particular on the following areas of cooperation :
      1. clean transportation;
      2. clean technologies and innovation;
      3. biodiversity conservation;
      4. adaptation to climate change;
      5. circular economy, including plastics management;
      6. any other area of cooperation which they may jointly decide.
3. Cooperation activities
   1. The Participants may carry out the following cooperative activities:
      1. Collaborate and exchange technical information and/or best practices regarding regulatory development and administration, research and policy and program development related to their respective regulations regarding greenhouse gas emissions and other emissions and ZEV targets for light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and off-road equipment, as well as incentive programs and low-carbon fuels, among others;
      2. Collaborate and exchange information and/or best practices regarding the promotion of innovation, investment, adoption and scaling of clean technologies, including actions to reduce emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by mid-century, as well as explore opportunities to collaborate with academia and the private sector and exchange information on strategies for new clean technologies;
      3. Share information and best practices regarding biodiversity conservation in the face of the climate crisis, including: understanding the impacts of climate change and other stressors on biodiversity; protect areas important for biodiversity, including climate refugia; accelerate biodiversity conservation efforts; conserve 30 percent of land and water by 2030; develop robust monitoring and evaluation programs to track progress towards achieving biodiversity conservation goals;
      4. Exchange information and best practices to advance climate adaptation and build resilience to the effects of climate change such as sea level rise, flooding, extreme heat, wildfires and droughts, for example through the exchange of knowledge on nature-based solutions and their potential benefits such as public health and safety, economic prosperity, food and water security and carbon sequestration;
      5. Exchange information and best practices regarding circular economy initiatives, approaches and methods beyond traditional recycling;
      6. Collaborate and seek areas of harmonization of policies and regulations relating to the circular economy as well as the reduction of plastic waste and plastic pollution, where appropriate, in order to prevent pollution by plastics, including microplastics and single-use plastics commonly discarded in garbage cans; tackling misinformation about the recyclability and compostability of plastics; advancing the science of plastic pollution and performance metrics or indicators; increase demand for recycled plastics; and exchange information and best practices regarding research and policy measures such as the implementation of strategies and action plans.
4. Implementing Authorities
   The Participants designate ECCC and the California Environmental Protection Agency , respectively , as the authorities responsible for establishing a work plan for the implementation of the objectives of this CP, and commit to reporting annually on progress.
5. Touchpoints
   1. The Participants designate the following points of contact for communications, exchanges of information, as well as for any notice required under this PC:
      1. For ECCC:
         JeanneMarie Huddleston
         Director General
         Bilateral Affairs and Trade
         Directorate International Affairs Branch
      2. For the California Environmental Protection Agency :
         Shereen De Souza
         Assistant Secretary for Climate Policy and Intergovernmental Relations
6. Availability of staff and resources
   1. Participants understand that:
      1. This PC does not give rise to any exchange of funds and does not create any obligation of financial means for one or other of the Participants;
      2. All costs which may arise from activities contemplated by or referred to in this CP, or carried out pursuant to it, are deemed to be borne by the Participant incurring them, unless otherwise jointly decided by the Participants in a separate instrument;
      3. All activities conducted under this CP are subject to the availability of funds, personnel and other resources of each Participant.
   2. Participants understand that their personnel are expected to work under their respective orders and those of their home organizations or institutions, maintaining at all times any pre-existing employment relationship only with the Participant and the organization or institution concerned, and not with the other Participant.
7. Compliance with Applicable Laws
   Participants understand that they will conduct the activities and implement the provisions of this CP in accordance with their respective laws.
8. Intellectual Property
   Participants will address any intellectual property issues arising as a result of activities developed under this CP in an appropriate and separate instrument.
9. Differences in Interpretation and Application
   Participants intend to resolve any differences in interpretation or application of this CP through consultation.
10. Status
    This CP is a voluntary initiative and is not legally binding. Further, the covenants contained in this PC are not conditional upon reciprocal action by the other Participant; each Participant retains full discretion in the implementation of its commitments with respect to the circumstances, laws and policies specific to that Participant; and each Participant is free to withdraw from this PC.
11. Final provisions
    1. This PC will take effect on the date of its signature by the Participants, and will remain valid for a period of five years. Participants may extend this PC by mutual written consent.
    2. Participants may modify this PC at any time by mutual written consent.
    3. Each Participant may, at any time, terminate this PC by giving notice in writing to the other Participant. Any Participant who intends to terminate this PC will endeavor to provide 30 days notice to the other Participant.
    4. Participants understand that the termination of this CP is not intended to affect the completion of any cooperative activities that may have been undertaken during the term of this CP, unless otherwise decided jointly by the Participants.

Signed in duplicate at Los Angeles, this ninth day of June 2022, in the English and French languages, each version being equally valid.

For the Government of Canada

Steven Guilbeault
Minister of Environment and Climate Change

For the Government of the State of California of the United States of America

Jared Blumenfeld
Secretary of Environmental Protection