Climate Emergency Unit

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit 6 Markers of Climate Emergency

See all six markers come together. Watch the full 12-minute video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, which lays out the full framework for what real emergency leadership looks like.

Watch: youtu.be/HJdKqAVzG-I

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit Marker 6: Centre Indigenous Rights and Leadership

Marker 6: Centre Indigenous rights and leadership

Winning the climate fight requires respecting Indigenous rights, title, and free, prior, and informed consent, and following Indigenous leadership.

Watch: youtu.be/osorqPAjvSI

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit Marker 5: Leave No One Behind

Marker 5: Leave no one behind

A successful climate mobilization requires social solidarity, good jobs, and strong supports so no community or worker is left behind.

Watch: youtu.be/uexym4940JI

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit Marker 4: Tell the Truth

Marker 4: Tell the truth

Emergencies must look, sound, and feel like emergencies. That starts with honest communication about the scale of the crisis and what must be done.

Watch: youtu.be/q8tsMrxF5s4

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit Marker 3: Make It Mandatory

Marker 3: Make it mandatory

Voluntary and incentive-based approaches have failed. In an emergency, governments set clear rules, timelines, and requirements to make change happen.

Watch: youtu.be/4szbr17HCXw

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit Marker 2: Create New Institutions

Marker 2: Create new institutions

Emergency action means building public institutions designed to deliver clean energy, infrastructure, and good jobs at speed and scale.

Watch: youtu.be/VqJuy1o7bk0

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit Marker 1: Spend What It Takes to Win

Marker 1: Spend what it takes to win

In a real emergency, governments invest at the scale required to win, putting people and planet over profit and recognizing that inaction costs far more.

Watch: youtu.be/x8Q58e7HzCQ

We're in a climate emergency. But what does real climate emergency leadership look like?

The Climate Emergency Unit developed the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency to assess whether governments & institutions are acting at true emergency speed & scale.

See the 🧵 below to watch clips on the 6 markers.

🚨 Final episode of Break in Case of Emergency: What you need to know about immigration and unemployment

Juan Vargas Alba and community organizer Karina Villada discuss the myths and scapegoating around immigration, migrant workers and unemployment.

🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...

🌎 Our 6 Markers of Climate Emergency podcast series is out now!

Across six episodes, the series offers a practical, big-picture framework for responding to the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands.

🎧 Listen to the full series now: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...

Our 6-Marker series closes with Ep. 6, which explores Indigenous rights and leadership in real climate emergency action. Erin Blondeau, Janelle Lapointe, Serena Mendizabal, and Seth Klein discuss sovereignty and community-driven solutions.

🎧 Listen to Episode 6: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...

Ep 5 of our 6-part podcast examines what it means to leave no one behind in the climate transition. Erin Blondeau, Jim Stanford, Anjali Appadurai, and Seth Klein discuss solidarity, justice, and how workers and communities can be supported.

🎧 Listen to Episode 5: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...

Episode 4 of our 6 Markers podcast highlights the importance of honest climate communication. Erin Blondeau, Donya Ziaee, Chris Hatch, and Seth Klein discuss truth-telling, the media landscape, and what leadership requires.

🎧Listen to Episode 4: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...

Episode 3 of our 6-part special podcast looks at why voluntary measures are not enough for real climate action. Erin Blondeau, Dr. Melissa Lem and Seth Klein discuss what mandatory action requires.

🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...

In our new 6-Markers podcast series, episode 2 explores how new public institutions can drive real climate action. Erin Blondeau, Alex Himelfarb, Linda McQuaig, and Seth Klein discuss what Canada can create now.

Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...

Episode 1 of our 6 markers podcast looks at why real climate action means investing at the scale of the crisis. Erin Blondeau, Seth Klein, and Caroline Brouillette break it down.

🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...

The Climate Emergency Unit is releasing one of our final resources: a podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, hosted by Erin Blondeau with Seth Klein & leading thinkers and organizers from across the country.

🎧 Listen to the full series: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...

🔥 The climate emergency is here and now. Are governments acting with real urgency? Our 12-minute video explains the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action.

Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...

🎧 6-part podcast series: The 6 Markers of Climate Emergency

A special 6-episode edition of Break in Case of Emergency. One episode for each marker. Featuring expert guests and stories from across the movement.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action

📺 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action

We released a new 12-minute video breaking down the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action, a framework to assess whether governments are truly acting at emergency scale. A tool for campaigns and coalitions moving forward.

📄 Mission Report: Lessons and Legacies from the CEU

Our final report distills five years of campaigns, collaborations, wins, challenges, and lessons. It is intended to be a resource for our allies in the climate justice movement, along with a mix of parting encouragements and friendly provocations.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who backed the CEU: supporters, partners, organizers, and community members. Your commitment and collaboration powered everything we achieved together over five years.

As we close our doors, here are some resources we’re proud to leave behind 👇

On Dec 3, the CEU bid farewell to friends and allies as our five-year project with the David Suzuki Institute came to a close.

We reflected on lessons learned, celebrated the coalitions carrying this work forward & released resources we hope will strengthen climate advocacy for years to come.

Newsletter #3: A big win, a big loss at COP30 COP30 has wrapped up in Belém, Brazil, and the final outcome – called the ‘Belém Political Package’ – is a hard-fought agreement with some seeds of hope for an equitable Just Transition.

🌎 You’ve seen the headlines – #COP30 has wrapped up in Belém, Brazil, and the final outcome – called the ‘Belém Political Package’ – is a hard-fought agreement with some seeds of hope for an equitable Just Transition.

Here’s our final update and analysis on the outcome of this conference.

COP 30 – Newsletter #2: COP30 – Final Stages Phew! COP30 is progressing at breakneck speed while 50,000 delegates (of which 1600+ are fossil fuel lobbyists) try to keep up. We’ll provide more in-depth analysis after the conference ends, but for ...

🌎 Check out the latest edition of our COP30 Dispatch: Final Stages, published last week.

And keep an eye out for a final update from us soon with a more in-depth analysis of the final COP decision, reflections from the Peoples’ Summit, and what it all means for our important Fair Shares work.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Suzuki Sessions:  The Clean Power Opportunity . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. In this exciting new series of online gatherings, David Suzuki and esteemed leaders discuss the most important issues and opportunities for action on climate and environmental justice. The Suzuki S...

Join us on December 4 for the second Suzuki Sessions: The Clean Power Opportunity.

Hear how an east-west clean electricity grid led by Indigenous and community renewables could benefit communities nationwide, and what it takes to make it real.

👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The Prize – Good Fight Prize for Decent Work Campaigns for decent work invite us to move in a hopeful direction. They support the daily work of standing up for what we value, even when it’s difficult to see a finish line. They create a spotlig...

🙌 The Youth Climate Corps has been shortlisted for the 2025 Good Fight Prize. Honoured to see this campaign recognized alongside others fighting for decent jobs, economic justice, and a livable future!

See the other finalists & learn more about the Atkinson Foundation's Good Fight Prize:

Vancouver’s climate leadership is a promise we can’t break Eliminating the city’s climate and sustainability department is a betrayal of our collective future, write Carol Liao and Naomi Klein

We are not living in an era of optional climate policy. We are living in an era of planetary limits where the choices we make in city halls will determine the world our children inherit, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social write. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/o...

🎙️ In our new podcast episode, Seth Klein explains why the budget’s bet on carbon pricing, tax credits, and “decarbonized oil” won’t meet the moment.

For more on #Budget2025 & what it means for climate, housing, and tax policy, listen here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

Re-upping this 🧵 from when Ksi Lisims LNG was given enviro approval.

The downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson.

Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇