{"id":9825,"date":"2015-07-08T07:52:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9825"},"modified":"2015-07-08T07:52:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:52:04","slug":"climate-summit-of-the-americas-begins-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9825","title":{"rendered":"Climate Summit of the Americas begins in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-headline\">\n<h3 class=\"story-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/climate-summit-of-the-americas-begins-in-toronto-1.3142584\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Summit of the Americas begins in Toronto<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-deck\"><strong>Kathleen Wynne, Al Gore to speak at conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Protesters blocked a downtown intersection\u00a0with yarn amid a demonstration outside a major climate-change conference in downtown Toronto on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration shut down the intersection of Front and York Streets, outside the Fairmont Royal York, where the\u00a0two-day Climate Summit of the Americas begins today.\u00a0Around 50-100 demonstrators marched from Berzy Park to the hotel\u00a0voice their concerns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/climate-activists-call-for-greener-economy-1.3139019\" target=\"_blank\">Climate activists call for greener economy at massive Toronto march<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A major climate-change conference gets underway in Toronto today with hundreds of invitation-only delegates in attendance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"figure col4width floatright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.3142585.1436350889!\/cpImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/original_300\/al-gore-generic.jpg\" alt=\"Al Gore generic\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">Al Gore, the former U.S. Vice President and climate activist, is among those set to speak at the Climate Summit of the Americas in Toronto. (Julien Behal\/AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The two-day Climate Summit of the Americas hosted by Ontario aims to bolster the fight against global warming.<\/p>\n<p>The emphasis is on the role provinces, states and other subnational governments can play in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers include former Mexican President Felipe Calderon and former U.S. vice-president Al Gore.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario&#8217;s Environment Minister Glen Murray says the provinces have had to step up to the plate because Ottawa has been missing in action.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, thousands marched through the streets of downtown Toronto to call for an economy that works for both the people and planet.<\/p>\n<p>Environmentalist David Suzuki, actress Jane Fonda, author Naomi Klein and former diplomat Stephen Lewis were\u00a0among the high-profile activists who joined the march, which was intentionally held before the summit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Summit of the Americas begins in Toronto Kathleen Wynne, Al Gore to speak at conference Protesters blocked a downtown intersection\u00a0with yarn amid a demonstration outside a major climate-change conference in downtown Toronto on Wednesday. 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