Fortunately, the federal government has all the jurisdiction that’s needed to do what’s required. But the actions of Jason Kenney, Doug Ford, Scott Moe
… fail what’s required of responsible leadership, but then again at the
federal level, despite good words … our target is the same target left
under Stephen Harper.
Tag Archives: Climate Change
Liberals to force Conservatives to vote on support for meeting Paris targets
Forcing a vote that will have MPs stand up and be counted on whether or
not they support Canada meeting the Paris targets appears drafted with
Scheer in mind.
not they support Canada meeting the Paris targets appears drafted with
Scheer in mind.
“Unfortunately Conservative politicians, from Jason Kenney to Doug
Ford, to Andrew Scheer do not think that climate change is an increasing
emergency. They do not see the economic opportunity of a cleaner
future, and as a result they’re trying to take us back in time,” McKenna
told reporters on her way into a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill
Tuesday morning.
The last time levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide
were this high came during the Pliocene Epoch, which extended from
about 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago. During that period, average
sea levels were about 50 feet higher than they are today and forests
grew as far north as the Arctic, said Rob Jackson, a professor of earth
system science at Stanford University. “Earth was a very different
place,” he said. “You would hardly recognize the land surface, and my
gosh, we don’t want to go there.”
IEA Flags ‘Deeply Worrying’ Stagnation in Renewable Energy Growth – The Energy Mix
New capacity additions totalled 177 gigawatts (GW) last year, the
same as in 2017, Renewables Now reports. To meet the targets in the 2015
Paris Agreement based on the IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario, new capacity would have to average more than 300 GW per year between 2018 and 2030.
7 public health units to ‘work together’ to adapt to climate change in northern Ontario | CBC News
Remote northern communities are especially vulnerable to
climate health risks, Sieswerda said. “We’re seeing lots of evacuations
related to forest fires and floods, [as] a direct result.”
climate health risks, Sieswerda said. “We’re seeing lots of evacuations
related to forest fires and floods, [as] a direct result.”
A vast
number of health impacts will also “ripple” from shorter ice road
seasons, he said. “Food security and healthy eating would be impacted.
All kinds of goods and services that travel along those ice roads
actually make it affordable.”
Young-Hoon said that when it comes
to populations that do not have access to health care, and are afflicted
with poverty and homelessness, northwestern Ontario is “worse than the
rest of the region.”