Strategic Plan 2022–2024

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Strategic Plan 2022–2024 outlines a framework to address the intersection of human health and the ecological crisis. The plan focuses on six priority areas: transitioning to a wellbeing economy, reducing toxics, addressing the climate crisis, protecting nature, advancing equity and justice, and increasing organizational capacity.

• CAPE aims to shift Canada's economic model from one based on GDP to a 'wellbeing economy.' Over three years, the organization intends to advocate for the Government of Canada to implement a Quality of Life Framework and apply a 'planetary health lens' to decision-making, while supporting workers in non-renewable resource-based communities during the transition.
• The organization's strategy for reducing toxics includes advocating for a strengthened Canadian Environmental Protection Act and a reform of the Pest Control Products Act. CAPE seeks to establish a legal right to a healthy environment in Canada and intends to push for federal legislation to address environmental racism and a mechanism requiring industry to fund independent research on the impacts of resource extraction.
• Regarding the climate crisis, CAPE's long-term goals are for Canada to achieve net-zero or net-negative greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to 1.5°C without overshoot. Short-term objectives include the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, the implementation of hard, linearly declining caps on emissions, and a campaign to ban fossil fuel advertising.
• CAPE's nature and equity priorities focus on recognizing access to nature as a human right and rooting the organization's internal culture in anti-colonial and anti-racist practices. This includes advocating for increased protected natural areas and reviewing internal recruitment and hiring policies to ensure they are anti-racist.
• To support these goals, CAPE plans to increase its organizational capacity by expanding its staff—specifically adding a Climate Campaign Director and communications staff—and developing an advocacy training program for health professionals.

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} }