Now, with an election behind us and a federal government that has plenty of support on the climate file, it’s time for Canada to place a bet on the economy of the future — and get on with building it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is selling off its oil assets as part of a four-pronged strategy to protect its members’ pensions as the world hurtles into an era of climate breakdown.
"Thirty years of blah, blah, blah," Greta Thunberg said in a speech Tuesday. "Net zero by 2025. By 2050! This is all we hear from our leaders. Words that sound great, but so far have led to no action. Our hopes and dreams drowned in their empty words and promises."
Vital United Nations climate talks, billed as one of the last chances to stave off climate breakdown, will not produce the breakthrough needed to fulfil the aspiration of the Paris Agreement, key players in the talks have conceded.
Youth activists in major cities in Ghana, Kenya, Benin, Nigeria, Uganda, Togo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo staged protests, delivered petitions to leaders, and dropped banners protesting climate change.
Malaika Collette spent the election campaign in high gear. She spent hours texting voters and urging them to support candidates identified as climate champions by 350 Canada.