On October 31, 2023, Canada 2020 brought together a group of government and business leaders, technology experts, policymakers, and innovators from across the country at our Fall Net-Zero Leadership Summit: A Pre-COP28 Stocktake for Canada. In this featured session of the summit, Catherine McKenna (former Minister of Environment and Climate Change for Canada; Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities) speaks with Braeden Caley (Executive Director, Canada 2020) about the policy ambition it will take to achieve real net-zero progress.

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