It’s only the survival of the planet: will the world come up short again at Scottish climate change summit?

The task is mind-numbingly immense, essentially requiring all national governments to engage in a rare co-operative effort to turn off the fossil fuel-based economic engine powering the industrial world and quickly transition to entirely different energy sources.

Within the meeting’s limited prospects, Canada can still play a leadership role, writes Les Whittington. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take an upgraded pledge by Canada to Glasgow and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has been working with his German counterpart to convince wealthy nations to fulfill their promise to allocate $100-billion per year to developing countries. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

October 18, 2021

OTTAWA—Nearly a third of a century has passed since global leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, agreed to try to do something to keep the human race from destroying the planet that is its only home. While you could argue that any progress at all on this life-or-death proposition is remarkab...

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