Why common mitigation efforts are not solutions to the climate crisis

Climate warming in any year is the result of cumulative carbon emissions over the previous 50 to 100 years, so any process that allows emissions to continue at current rates dooms us to catastrophe.

A forest fire in Mistissini, Que., on June 12. Last year's wildfire season was the most destructive on record. Some of the most common climate change solutions are inadequate because we no longer have the luxury of time, write Geoff Strong and Richard van der Jagt. Photograph courtesy of Department of National Defence/Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc

Opinion

BY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT

May 15, 2024

Our climate is approaching a tipping point beyond which we lose any opportunity to regain control over warming effects of greenhouse gases caused mainly by burning fossil fuels. To add concern, fossil fuels also ...

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