Ottawa must accelerate climate action after ‘dire’ IPCC report, say Senate Environment Committee members

The UN climate panel report highlights the dire situation the world is in, prompting Senator Rosa Galvez to question why the government is not accelerating climate action.

Conservative Senator Dennis Patterson, from left, Independent Senator Rosa Galvez, and Independent Senator Paul Massicotte all sat on last Parliament's Senate Committee on Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources.Photographs courtesy of Senate of Canada and Andrew Meade

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August 18, 2021

After the release of the "dire" UN climate panel report, three Senators are imploring the government to take “urgent action,” warning its slow response to climate change will only lead to increased health and safety concerns in Canada. “The situation is dire, and the situation is terrifying. ...

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