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World headed for ‘pretty horrendous impacts’ due to climate change, Canada urged to act now

Mark Jaccard says political leaders will only react when it actually becomes a crisis. But Canada still has no public policy to fight climate change after more than 20 years of federal political promises.

Prime ministers have been setting GHG targets since the days of Brian Mulroney, but the world will see "pretty horrendous impacts" due to climate change and Canada still has no public policy to fight climate change after more than 20 years of political promises, says Mark Jaccard, one of the coun...

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