# Catherine Abreu

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Feminist Climate Action

With Catherine Abreu of Destination Zero. I’ve heard people say, “climate disaster knows no bounds” and “it discriminates against no one.” There’s a sense in which that’s true. But impacts of climate change affect different people in Canada and around the world differently, depending on who they ar…

Catherine Abreu expresses a deep commitment to climate action & explains why the system must change

Catherine Abreu is a world-renowned climate campaigner whose work focuses on creating coalitions to take real action on climate change. She is the founder and executive director of Destination Zero, which—to quote their website—”partners with networks and other non-profits seeking to expand their w…

What happened at the climate negotiations in Bonn?

The 2025 edition of the June climate meetings in Bonn (formally 'the sixty-second sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation of the UNFCCC', or 'SB62') took place 16 to 26 June. These meetings, which take place every year, cons…

Power Play #2117: North American leaders hold 45-minute meeting on sidelines of FIFA draw

Joy Malbon, CTV News Washington Bureau Chief; Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of State (Sport) & FIFA Sherpa; Catherine Abreu, International Climate Politics Hub & Simon Donner, University of British Columbia; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger & Rachel Aiello. 

A Major U.S. Pivot on Foreign Policy – December 8, 2025

Former UN ambassador Bob Rae comments on U.S. foreign policy shifts in regards to Europe and how Canada should move forward with its relationship with the U.S. Climate scientists Catherine Abreu and Simon Donner discuss their respective decisions to leave the government's Net-Zero Advisory Body af…

Catherine Abreu: Finding Joy in Climate Action

Fresh from COP 30 in Brazil, climate leader Catherine Abreu joins host Catherine McKenna to break down what's really happening in global climate negotiations. They explore why women and Indigenous peoples are driving the most effective climate solutions, how to maintain hope when progress feels slo…

Is anyone listening to Canada’s net-zero climate advisors?

Resignations. Calls for a hiatus. The expert group tasked with helping Ottawa cut emissions faces an existential crisis. We hear from Catherine Abreu, who quit the Net Zero Advisory Body, because it wasn’t consulted about the federal government’s pipeline deal with Alberta. Meanwhile Michael Bernst…

Flexing Canada's 'soft power' could help shift geopolitics

"We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition," Canada's Prime Minster Mark Carney said in a recent speech at the World Economic Forum. The shift in international relations has Carney urging middle power countries to build coalitions and act together to counteract the great power strategy of …