Media Advisory - Media availability with the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Louise Métivier, Canada's Chief Negotiator for Climate Change, to discuss Canada's participation at COP21

PARIS, France, Dec. 8, 2015 /CNW/ - Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, along with Ms. Louise Métivier, Assistant Deputy Minister of the International Affairs Branch at Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Chief Negotiator for Climate Change, will hold a media availability to provide an update on the negotiations at the 21^st Conference of the Parties (COP21).

Canadian media representatives in Paris are invited to present themselves at the Canadian delegation room (Hall 3, Room 24) at 11:15 a.m. (Central European Time), for a media availability to commence at 11:30 a.m. For journalists not on site at COP21, video of the media availability may be accessed at: http://unfccc6.meta-fusion.com/cop21/events/2015-12-09-11-34-canada.

Event:	Media Availability
Date:	Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Time:	11:30 a.m. (CET)
Venue:	Le Bourget – Canadian Delegation Room (Hall 3, Room 24) Paris, 93350 France
Video Archive:	http://unfccc6.meta-fusion.com/cop21/events/2015-12-09-11-34-canada

Prior to the briefing, media representatives are encouraged to consult the following resource:

Canada's Priorities for COP21:
http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=EF6CE373-1

Environment and Climate Change Canada's Twitter page
Conserve, Restore, and Connect with Nature Facebook page

SOURCE Environment and Climate Change Canada

Caitlin Workman, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, 819-938-9436; Media Relations, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 819-934-8008