Strategic Plan 2022–2024

The CAPE Strategic Plan 2022–2024 establishes a framework to mobilize health professionals to advocate for planetary health in Canada. The plan is organized around six priorities: transitioning to a wellbeing economy, eliminating toxics, addressing the climate crisis, protecting nature, advancing equity and justice, and increasing organizational capacity. Key objectives include advocating for a legal right to a healthy environment, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, and implementing a Quality of Life Framework in government decision-making.

• CAPE aims to shift Canada's economic model from one based on GDP to a 'wellbeing economy' by advocating for the Government of Canada to implement a 'Quality of Life Framework' and apply a 'planetary health lens in decision-making'.
• The organization seeks to strengthen environmental protections and health rights, specifically calling for a strengthened Canadian Environmental Protection Act that establishes a 'legal right to a healthy environment' and a reform of the Pest Control Products Act.
• Regarding the climate crisis, CAPE's long-term goals include achieving net-zero or net-negative greenhouse gas emissions and limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Short-term objectives include the phase-out of 'existing fossil fuel subsidies' and the implementation of 'hard, linearly declining caps' on emissions.
• CAPE intends to address environmental racism and health inequities by supporting research on health impacts in 'Indigenous, Black, racialized, and low-income neighbourhoods' and advocating for federal legislation to address environmental racism.
• The plan emphasizes the health benefits of nature, proposing that 'Access to nature is considered a human right' and advocating for increased protected natural areas and urban greenspace to address equity issues.

APA

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (2022). Strategic Plan 2022–2024. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CAPE-SP2022-En-web.pdf

Chicago

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Strategic Plan 2022–2024. 2022. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CAPE-SP2022-En-web.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{canadianassociationofphysiciansfortheenvironment2022strategic, author = {{Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}}, title = {{Strategic Plan 2022–2024}}, institution = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2022}, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CAPE-SP2022-En-web.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }