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all levels of governance. This subsequently risks dramatically undermining environmental equity and fuelling climate chaos. The G7’s ability to govern the climate crisis (which its members significantly helped to create) since Trump first took office in 2017, and again this year, has been in question. Canada’s leadership on climate change has also often been questioned, due to its colonial history and role as a resource extractive power. However, with the summit being held in Alberta, which has been devastated by fossil-fuelled wildfires and is also in Canada’s sun-belt, combined with a new prime minister who has made climate finance a recent centrepiece of his career, there is reason for cautious hope that Canada and its summit allies can relay a strong climate message through forceful G6 climate commitments and stand up to authoritarianism.
Compensating for the financial shortfall caused by the US withdrawal from its climate finance commitments, which compounds the already existing shortfall, is also critical. The G7’s lowest climate compliance is with its climate finance commitments at 69% – without the US, the G6 will need to do much more here. Last, the G7 should link climate change goals with the current rising security concerns by increasing its focus on climate security. This should include climate security in vulnerable regions, such as the Arctic, and disaster prevention and response (weather and war) that embeds a physical and mental health perspective. CONCLUSION Of primary concern at Kananaskis will be the backsliding of democracy in the United States, which threatens equality and autonomy across
// BRITTANEY WARREN Brittaney Warren is director of compliance and climate change research for the G7 and G20 Research Groups, based at the University of Toronto, which sits on Treaty 13 and Williams Treaty lands and is home to many First Nations, Inuit and Métis. She has published on climate change, health and accountability measures in a summit context. She holds a mas- ter’s degree in environmental studies from York University. She has published 21st Century Garden of Eden: A Climate Change Story & Adult Colouring Book , which can be ordered at www.lulu.com.
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