Canada’s climate changing faster than in rest of the world, our laws need to catch up

At the federal level, this must include setting stricter, legally-binding targets and arming the public with tools to hold government to account for meeting those targets.
It’s no wonder students across the country, inspired by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, taking to the streets as part of the worldwide Fridays for Future strikes, writes Alan Andrews.
When we talk about climate change, we often focus on the number 1.5. This number was at the heart of the landmark UN climate change report released last fall. It’s also the global temperature rise limit that Canada committed to working towards when it signed the Paris Agreement in 2015. But you ...

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