Canada Relaunches Environment Ministerial Dialogue With China, Deepens Climate Cooperation
Canada's Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, Julie Dabrusin, said in Beijing on October 1 that Canada and China have agreed to relaunch the Canada-China Ministerial Dialogue on the Environment. Dabrusin led Canada's delegation to the Annual General Meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), held in Beijing from September 27 to 29, and met China's Minister of Ecology and Environment, Huang Runqiu, during the trip.
The CCICED is a high-level international advisory body that brings together expertise from governments, United Nations agencies, academia and civil society to develop science-based recommendations for the Government of China on environmental issues. This year's meeting was held under the theme of pragmatic and innovative cooperation and advancing together for green development. While in Beijing, Dabrusin also spoke with Ding Xuexiang, Vice Premier of China's State Council and Chair of the CCICED, on the margins of the meeting.
Environment and Climate Change Canada said Canada and China have worked together on the environment for more than 30 years. During Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to China in January 2026, the two countries forged a new strategic partnership and committed to deepening cooperation on climate and the environment, including through the CCICED, bilateral memorandums of understanding and other multilateral frameworks. On September 6 and 7, Canada and China also co-chaired the Kunming Dialogue, a multilateral working-level meeting held ahead of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Armenia.
Dabrusin also met with the Canada China Business Council and Canadian private sector leaders to discuss how Canadian clean technology expertise can be further deployed in China, the world's largest market for clean technology. The Council plans to connect Canadian businesses to opportunities in China through a Canadian Cleantech Mission to China in November 2026.
Dabrusin said no country can tackle climate change or protect nature alone, and that deepening cooperation will help bring global emissions down, protect nature and safeguard the environment. Canada will continue to lead in the global fight against climate change, the department said.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：北京人民大会堂。加拿大代表团此次正是在北京出席中加环境合作理事会年会。图片来源：Windmemories 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。EN: The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where Canada's delegation attended the CCICED annual meeting. Image: photo by Windmemories, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
