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Canada to Allocate $75Mln to Cities to Combat Climate Change – PM

© AFP 2023 / SAUL LOEBCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a bilateral meeting with US President Barack Obama (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Manila on November 19, 2015.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a bilateral meeting with US President Barack Obama (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Manila on November 19, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sad that the Canadian federal department responsible for infrastructure will provide $75 million to the country's cities combat climate change challenges.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Ottawa will allocate $75 million to help Canadian cities combat climate change, as well as provide funds to make building codes more energy efficient, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.

"At the Paris climate summit, out government made it clear that we understand how sound climate policy is the engine of economic success… That’s why I’m happy to announce today that Infrastructure Canada will be providing $75 million to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to help our cities and towns in responding to pressing climate change challenges," Trudeau said in his address at the opening plenary session of the GLOBE clean-technology conference in Vancouver.

Canada's Liberal leader and Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, October 20, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Canadian government will also invest over $50 million to improve climate resilience in building and infrastructure codes across Canada, Trudeau added.

In December, nearly 200 negotiators agreed to curb emissions beyond 2020 and boost the transition toward a clean energy world economy at the 21st UN Climate Change Conference in Paris.

Under the 31-page pact, countries commit to holding global average temperatures to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and undertake to "pursue efforts" to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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