Global warming is affecting all of humanity - disrupting our economic systems and increasingly affecting our daily lives with heat waves, rising food prices, virus outbreaks and the loss of nature.
While Canada is warming twice as fast as the planet, it’s the only G7 country that has failed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions*. What's worse, Canadian taxpayers are still funding the fossil fuel industry through subsidies. We also consume three times more energy than the world average.
It is high time to break free of fossil fuels.
*For the 2015-2019 period, according to the most recent statistics available.
Our vision
A low carbon society working to decrease energy consumption
Our initiatives
Putting an end to fossil fuel projects
We've been fighting fossil fuel projects for 20 years, encouraging a just transition for oil and gas workers to more sustainable sectors.
We're working to create awareness, provoke reflection and debate, and develop recommendations to guide our governments towards sustainable climate solutions.
30 years of climate action by Équiterre.
A path paved with challenges and great victories.
2024
June
Canada's Sustainable Jobs Act passed
It should enable Canada's labor market to respond to changing economic activities, as the energy transition and decarbonization of the economy accelerate.
2023
December
Historic agreement at COP28
A consensus was reached on a "transition" away from fossil fuels to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. A first in COP history!
A new regulatory framework for capping (GHGs)
A cap-and-trade system will be put in place to reverse the upward trend in emissions from Canada's fossil fuel industry.
July
Consultation on Quebec's energy future
Équiterre submits its brief and encourages citizens to take part in the consultation on Quebec's energy future.
June
Équiterre welcomes the introduction of a bill on fair transition
The federal bill (C-50), which paves the way for workers' transition in the context of the climate crisis, needs to be improved if it is to be truly effective and inclusive.
April
Launch of the Sortons le gaz! coalition.
Équiterre and its partners attack fossil gas in buildings and launch the campaign Gas: Naturally Risky.
January
Launch of the campaign "Quebec’s Energy Future - We need to talk about it"
We need to think collectively about how we want to use our precious green energy: to produce what, for what purposes and for whose benefit?
Équiterre and its partners have submitted a brief to formulate concrete proposals for the upcoming Canadian Just Transition Act.
2022
A major legislative breakthrough
The federal government adopts the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (C-12) after having been pressured by environmental groups
December
COP15 is held in Montreal!
During this edition, Équiterre presented a conference and a panel on soil biodiversity and hosted a kiosk on soil biodiversity
November
COP27: Energy transition and climate offsets
Équiterre hosts a non-partisan panel on climate action in Quebec and Canada
April
Quebec adopts the law that puts an end to hydrocarbon exploration and production
2021
The end of GNL Québec!
The Quebec government rejects the GNL Québec liquefied natural gas plant project in the Saguenay after an extensive mobilization effort.
2021
Victory at the Supreme Court!
The Supreme Court of Canada confirms the constitutionality of carbon pricing, after Équiterre and the Centre québécois du droit en environnement defended it in court.
2019
A historical march for the planet
More than 500,000 people gather for a climate march in Montreal, including Greta Thunberg.
2017
The end of Energy East!
TransCanada abandons its mega Energy East pipeline project following an intense protest in Quebec.
2015
Climate marches
Équiterre is on the organizing committee for two major climate marches: Action Climat in Quebec City and 100 Possibles in Ottawa
2013
The Quebec government rejects of the Rabaska LNG terminal project in Lévis.
2012
People unite for the environment
Nearly 300,000 people gathered in Montreal for a major rally on April 22, 2022.
2011
The end of shale gas!
The Quebec government adopts a moratorium on shale gas development in the province after a massive citizen mobilization.
