Recovering to Net Zero Emissions
By Karri Munn-Venn July 24, 2020
The federal government has pledged to introduce legislation for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. As we recover from COVID-19, we must determine how that will be achieved.
Karri Munn-Venn
Karri Munn-Venn joined CPJ as the socio-economic policy analyst in 2008. She moved to the climate justice portfolio in 2012 and served as senior policy analyst from 2015 until August 2022. Karri lives, plays, and farms at Fermes Leystone Farms on the unceded traditional territory of the Anishinabewaki and Omamiwinniwag (Algonquin) Peoples in rural west Québec.
Posts by Karri Munn-Venn
Together, for the Common Good
By Karri Munn-Venn November 11, 2019
Canada is at a crossroads. After a divisive federal election, the climate crisis is one among many significant issues that need to be addressed. Our governments, at all levels, clearly have important roles to play. So too do we, as citizens and as people of faith.
A Prayer for the Care of Creation
By Karri Munn-Venn August 31, 2019
September 1 is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. It also marks the beginning of the Season of Creation (September 1 to October 4), a period during which Christians around the world celebrate creation through prayer, action, and advocacy.
To mark this day, and this season, CPJ offers this prayer for the care of creation.
A Real and Urgent Crisis
By Karri Munn-Venn June 27, 2019
It is in the context of this emergency that Citizens for Public Justice is contributing to the Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)’s assessment of fossil fuel subsidies.
Book Review: Climate Justice: Hope Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future
By Karri Munn-Venn March 23, 2019
Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future is a captivating collection of personal accounts compiled by the Former President of Ireland and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change.
Putting our Money where our Mouth is: Climate Change and Public Finance in Canada
By Karri Munn-Venn February 6, 2019
CPJ backgrounder on federal fossil fuel subsidies.
Reports and campaigns and policy, oh my!
By Karri Munn-Venn December 31, 2018
We’re grateful to our supporters and donors, those who have participated in our initiatives and those who have financed them. To those who have asked hard questions, and those who have helped us to answer them. Those who have advocated for change, and to the politicians that made it happen!
Once we start to act, hope is everywhere
By Karri Munn-Venn December 20, 2018
Environmentalists and climate justice advocates have been sitting with the outcomes of the UN climate conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) for the last few days, trying to decide what to make of it.
Hopeful Citizenship in a Time of Crisis
By Karri Munn-Venn November 7, 2018
In early October 2018, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a much-anticipated report about the implications of allowing global temperatures to rise 1.5 C over pre-industrial levels. The global community has just 12 years to dramatically change course and avoid serious climate consequences.
Now, are you ready for the good news?
We know what needs to be done and we have the means to make it happen.
Towards Reconciliation
By Karri Munn-Venn October 3, 2018
About 40 of us were gathered on unceded Squamish territory in late September, for the United Church of Canada (UCC) Indigenous Justice and Climate Justice Consultation, and the UCC Young Adult Forum. Indigenous elders and residential school survivors, Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth, United Church justice staff, clergy and church members, and others, like me, from partner organizations.
