It’s time Liberals get serious about climate change

The International Energy Agency, in a new report released on clean energy innovation—Energy Technology Perspectives 2020—warns that 'without a major acceleration in clean energy innovation, net-zero emissions targets will not be achievable.'

It will take more than aspirations and boasts from the federal Liberals. It will take capacities for strategizing, implementation and transparency, all of which are all too rare in Ottawa. Yet there is too much at risk to fail, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

July 6, 2020

TORONTO—During last year’s federal election, the Trudeau government promised to join the growing list of nations committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. What we don’t know is what it will take to get there and how the Liberals would deliver on their goal. It will be far from e...

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