Toward a cleaner, greener future

Climate change is an existential global threat, and we can deal with it better, cheaper, and faster by doing it together.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured Feb. 3, 2020, on the Hill. Glasgow achieved about as much as could have been realistically expected. It turned public attention around the world to the issue of climate change, its gravity, and its urgency. The 'why' is clear, the focus in every country has to be on the 'how' of building a greener, cleaner, and prosperous future, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

December 29, 2021

OTTAWA—Since COP1—the first United Nations Climate Change Conference in Berlin back in 1995—the dialogue around our impact on the planet has gradually moved in the right direction, but action hasn’t followed suit. Carbon dioxide emissions released by global fossil fuel combustion and industr...

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