Canadians and people around the world need stories that can help make visions of the future of our climate real, according to an article on The Conversation.
Net Zero by 2050. 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels. A 40 per cent reduction of 2005 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. These are all admirable goals, but they are not visions that can help people to see, feel and understand where we are going.
Canadians and people around the world need stories that can help build the national conversation we need about the massive transformations on the horizon, argues Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of Environmental Governance Lab at the University of Toronto.
World-renowned primatologist and climate activist Jane Goodall says carbon pricing schemes like the one Canada has deployed aren't a silver bullet to solve the pressing threat of climate change, according to a CBC News article.
CBC writes that Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe claims heat pumps aren’t viable in his province because it gets too cold, but some experts say newer models work in lower temperatures even if a backup is encouraged.
Read the Globe and Mail's editorial on the reduction in emissions from oil production, despite a rise in output.