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The climate crisis: learning and taking inspiration from our COVID response
Canada needs to abandon its practice of setting and missing distant targets and adopt concrete, detailed, and specific action plans that we rigorously follow and track. Because simply talking about carbon neutrality by 2050 is like saying we want zero cases of COVID-19 in 2050 and then failing to take immediate action. How would Canadians react if, during the Prime Minister’s daily press briefing, that was the goal put forward without clear and concise action?
Six organizations comprising Climate Action Network Canada, Ecojustice, Environmental Defence, Équiterre, West Coast Environmental Law and the Pembina Institute have sent a detailed report on how to undertake and win this challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Imagine a world where the federal government regularly holds press conferences with scientists and experts. Together, in front of a phalanx of reporters ready with tough questions, they present in detail the most recent data and research related to carbon emissions and climate change in Canada. They highlight the successes and shortcomings in recent months on the fight against climate change and identify which measures will be implemented in the short term for Canada to get on track to meeting our emission reduction commitments.
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