--- description: McKenna was the Chair of the United Nations’ High‐level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities. She is Canada’s former Minister of Environment and Climate Change from 2015 to 2019 and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities from 2019 to 2021. Ms. McKenna is a founder and principal of Climate and Nature Solutions and of Women Leading on Climate. She is also a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Columbia University’s Centre on Global Energy Policy and Climate School. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Catherine McKenna ## Catherine McKenna Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close McKenna was the Chair of the United Nations’ High‐level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities. She is Canada’s former Minister of Environment and Climate Change from 2015 to 2019 and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities from 2019 to 2021\. Ms. McKenna is a founder and principal of [Climate and Nature Solutions](http://climateandnature.com) and of [Women Leading on Climate](https://womenleadingonclimate.org/). She is also a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at [Columbia University’s Centre on Global Energy Policy](https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/) and [Climate School](https://www.climate.columbia.edu/). ## Catherine McKenna Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Sep 25, 2025 ### [Women's Climate Leadership Is More Important Than Ever](https://time.com/7320420/women-climate-leadership-catherine-mckenna-excerpt/) In her new book, Catherine McKenna talks about the power of women to drive change. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 16, 2024 ### [2024 Must Be the Year for Exponential Climate Action](https://time.com/6556171/2024-climate-action/) Five steps to move the world forward on fighting climate change in 2024. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 20, 2023 ### [We Must Win the Race to Net Zero](https://time.com/6316133/net-zero-targets-solutions/) The U.N.'s most recent progress assessment is unequivocal: The world is not on track. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 8, 2022 ### [Want Consumers to Make Smart Climate Choices? Stop Greenwashing](https://time.com/6229965/consumers-to-make-smart-climate-choices-stop-greenwashing/) Too many climate pledges represent little more than empty slogans and hype. That has to change [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/catherine-mckenna/","name":"Catherine McKenna"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/catherine-mckenna/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/catherine-mckenna/"},"name":"Catherine McKenna","jobTitle":null,"description":"McKenna was the Chair of the United Nations’ High‐level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities. She is Canada’s former Minister of Environment and Climate Change from 2015 to 2019 and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities from 2019 to 2021. Ms. McKenna is a founder and principal of Climate and Nature Solutions and of Women Leading on Climate. She is also a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Columbia University’s Centre on Global Energy Policy and Climate School.","url":"https://time.com/author/catherine-mckenna/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```