Climate crisis: Canada’s role in finding a way forward

Water must not be taken for granted. The threat posed to water by climate change is an existential crisis. Water is life. We must hold our leaders accountable to ensure it is protected now and for future generations.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured. The Sustainable Development Goals call for access to clean water for everyone, everywhere by 2030. The human right to water must include every community, remote, rural, and urban, at home and abroad, write Maureen O’Neil and Nicole Hurtubise.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MAUREEN O’NEIL AND NICOLE HURTUBISE

October 26, 2021

The climate crisis is a water crisis. The Conference of the Parties (COP26), the world’s premier climate conference, will soon be held in Glasgow. Many consider it the last opportunity for world leaders to get runaway climate change under control before this crucial decade draws to a close. Leade...

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