Feds Pledge to Reduce Cost of Canadian Delegation at Next Climate Change Conference

Conference participants walk through an illuminated tunnel at the UNFCCC COP27 climate conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 8, 2022. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The Environment Department has pledged to reduce costs associated with future climate change conferences after questions were raised about $1.77 million being spent on hotel rooms for delegates to a United Nations climate change conference in Egypt last year.

“Our goal is always to keep the costs at a minimum if possible for such an event,” Chris Forbes, deputy minister of environment, told the House Environment committee on March 27, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.