OTTAWA — The four remaining members of Canada’s independent net-zero advisory body are calling on Ottawa to change how the group functions, and two of them say it risks more resignations if things don’t improve.

Two of the founding members of the advisory body resigned this week. They accused the government of not engaging with the group on key policy changes that have shifted Canada’s trajectory on meeting its Paris climate targets.

The net-zero advisory body, abbreviated as NZAB, was created in 2021 as part of Canada’s Net-Zero Accountability Act. It requires Canada’s environment minister to take the advisory body’s advice into account when setting emissions targets or changing the emissions reduction plan.

Simon Donner and Catherine Abreu, who resigned from the panel this week, said

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