Mitigation failure: slip-sliding away
As things worsen and slip-sliding away gets impossible, real mitigation will eventually be considered and then—if the disaster chaos doesn’t make it impossible—implemented. But not bending the curve early enough will mean doing the right thing will happen far too late.
The Liberals’ greatest communication failure
How poor messaging on carbon pricing undermined Justin Trudeau’s climate agenda.
Carbon price whiff an ‘occupational hazard,’ but PBO still ‘batting 0.999:’ finance policy expert Ian Lee
Canada’s first budget watchdog says the PBO is still needed, but is calling for an ‘independent external review’ to improve analyses before the next election.
Government’s ambition on newly updated environmental law falls flat
The feds need to go back to the drawing board on the implementation of Bill S-5 changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
Pre-budget talks, public transit funding, and safety led September lobbying
The banking, steel, and public transit sectors led federal advocacy efforts as Parliament returned from the summer break.
Feds’ purchasing power can push carbon removal innovation
We need governments to step in and use their procurement power to create a viable market, paving the way for more private buyers to do the same.
Canada must take action on imported monkeys
Shipping monkeys from Cambodia is a deadly wildlife trade that has infiltrated Canada after it was shut down in the United States.
We all live in Tampa now, and we all need to find higher intellectual ground than indifference
There is, of course, a deeply human dimension to the issue at play in places like Florida and California. It is plainly traumatizing to force people to move away from the place they have either lived all their lives, or chosen to live. Spirit of place and a sense of belonging are real and powerful things. But so are the facts of climate change.
Adaptation to climate change should be a non-partisan priority
Climate change is now upon us. We need to prepare for the inevitable consequences of our failure to head off the crisis.
‘Hotter and drier’ conditions in forests will create greater fire risk in coming decades, Senate committee hears, as House continues Jasper study
Canada’s climate is warming at twice the global rate—and three to four times faster in the North. This means hotter and drier conditions in our forests, which increases forest flammability, says Wilfrid Laurier University’s Jennifer Baltzer.
