Canada needs an inclusive approach to climate action

The impacts of climate change will affect nearly all people across Canada, but to different extents and in different ways; we must remember this as we plan and implement adaptation actions.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is pictured arriving for a cabinet meeting on Jan. 28. In a year when countries are expected to declare new, more ambitious climate commitments, Canada has an opportunity to be a leader among northern countries by taking an inclusive approach to addressing climate change, say a trio of academics.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY AMBER FLETCHER, ANGIE DAZé, MAUREEN REED

March 11, 2020

As the consequences of a warming climate become clear in Canada—from wildfires and heat waves to floods and extreme snowfalls—so, too, do the consequences of inadequate planning for how we will adapt to these changes. Of course, we must work to curb carbon dioxide emissions, but there’s an urg...

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