September 2026 – Resilient LLP (formerly DeMarco Allan LLP)

Government of Canada Developing Article 6 ITMO Framework

24 September 2026 No Comments By Resilient LLP

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) today announced that the Government of Canada is exploring a policy framework to trade internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs). ECCC stated that the framework “could allow Canadian companies to participate in international carbon markets catalyzing further investment in climate mitigation activities, including deployment of carbon removal technologies and nature‑based solutions.” The announcement was made by Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature Julie Dabrusin in Ottawa this morning. Article 6 and ITMOs. ECCC noted that Article 6 of the Paris Agreement allows countries to choose to cooperate in meeting their national climate targets through measures including international carbon markets and the trading of ITMOs. It stated that ITMOs could mobilize investment in projects generating high-integrity emissions reductions and removals in Canada and abroad and create opportunities for the deployment of Canadian technology and expertise. ITMO requirements. ECCC further noted that any carbon credit used as an ITMO must meet the requirements of Article 6, including requirements relating to additionality and corresponding adjustments. ECCC stated that it will ensure that any ITMO trading activities are aligned with Article 6 rules and guidance to support environmental integrity and rigorous accounting, including to help ensure that traded emissions reductions and removals are real, additional, verified, and permanent. Next steps. ECCC said that it will engage with provinces and territories, Indigenous organizations, and other partners in exploring a possible approach to operationalizing ITMOs in the Canadian context. ECCC also stated that development of an ITMO framework complements the more than $13B in international climate finance included in the Spring Economic Update. For further information or to discuss the contents of this bulletin, please contact Lisa DeMarco at lisa@resilientllp.com or Jonathan McGillivray at jonathan@resilientllp.com.

Associate Lawyers – Climate, Energy, and International Law

8 September 2026 No Comments By Resilient LLP

September 8, 2026 Resilient LLP provides expert legal, policy, and regulatory advice and services to clients in Canada and internationally across the climate change and energy spectrum. We practice exclusively in the areas of climate change, clean energy, and related Indigenous rights. Our clients include domestic and international public and private energy companies, governments, financial institutions, industry associations, Indigenous communities, non-governmental organizations, and other law firms. We are a woman-led firm committed to diversity, anti-discrimination, and an inclusive workplace. We are looking for lawyers with approximately 2 to 5 years of legal experience to join our team. The role will include significant responsibility for energy regulatory matters, including proceedings before the Ontario Energy Board and other work concerning the evolution of Ontario’s energy system, with opportunities to take ownership of files and lead advocacy on issues such as electrification, distributed energy resources, and First Nations participation in energy markets. Successful candidates will also work across the firm’s broader practice, including commercial transactions involving carbon credits, carbon removal, sustainable fuels and environmental attributes, international climate law and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, climate and carbon finance, and legislative and regulatory drafting. Our international work is an important part of the practice. We regularly advise on matters involving the interaction between international climate frameworks, domestic law, commercial arrangements, and emerging environmental markets. The work may therefore engage both public and private international law, as well as Canadian regulatory and commercial law. Excellent drafting and legal writing, careful analysis, sound judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to work comfortably with complex and novel issues are integral to the role. Experience in any of the following areas would be an asset: energy regulation, administrative law, or regulatory litigation; international climate change law; climate and carbon finance; carbon or other environmental markets; commercial…

UNEP Releases Report on Pathways for Limiting Global Temperature Overshoot

3 September 2026 No Comments By DT Vollmer

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) yesterday published a new report, Limiting Overshoot: Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return (the Report), examining the implications of exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. The Report notes that global warming is now projected to reach at least 1.8°C and argues that climate policy must increasingly address not only whether 1.5°C is exceeded, but by how much and for how long. UNEP indicated that limiting the overshoot and peak, while pursuing pathways capable of bringing temperatures back down, will be critical to reducing climate risks and preserving future options for adaptation. This bulletin briefly summarizes the following key findings and pathways to respond to the global temperature overshoot set out in the Report: Overshoot is a pathway, not a moment. UNEP describes an “overshoot, peak and decline” pathway as the best remaining option to return global temperatures to or below 1.5°C by the end of the century. The pathway depends on minimizing peak warming through rapid and sustained greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, reaching net-zero, and ultimately achieving net-negative emissions. The Report notes that lower peak warming and a shorter period above 1.5°C would reduce climate risks and impacts and improve the prospects of bringing temperatures back down. Going above 1.5°C must not mean abandoning the goal. UNEP states that global temperature rise is likely to cross 1.5°C within the next few years and that there are “no good outcomes” from remaining above that level. Risks intensify with every fraction of a degree and include more severe extreme weather, damage to food and water systems, ecosystem loss, and the possibility of crossing difficult or irreversible tipping points. Adaptation and mitigation must happen hand-in-hand. The Report emphasizes that mitigation and adaptation are interconnected and must advance together. Weak mitigation will increase climate impacts and adaptation needs,…