Policy Options (October 2006) – Climate Change
Eleven authors, including Katherine Cinq-Mars and Robin Sears, look at the many challenges posed by climate change.
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Category: Air and Climate
Kyoto retreat could hurt economy
Canada’s repudiation of its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol could harm its economy in coming years, warns the head of the United Nations Environment Program.
Ottawa planning more cuts to climate-change programs
The Conservative government is planning a second wave of cuts to climate-change programs and is asking public servants to help manage the ?fallout? by explaining why their positions should disappear.
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Kyoto being used to divide Canada: Ambrose
Environment Minister Rona Ambrose says the Kyoto Protocol is being used to divide Canada, blaming the previous Liberal government for failing to implement a domestic climate plan.
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Climate change a ‘threat,’ Annan tells conference
There is a “frightening lack of leadership” on climate change and an urgent need for more effort to avoid major … Continue reading Climate change a ‘threat,’ Annan tells conference
Quebec miffed at Kyoto snub
Harper ‘twiddling his thumbs’ on climate change: Graham
Interim Liberal Leader Bill Graham and Bloc Qu?b?cois Leader Gilles Duceppe accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday of “twiddling … Continue reading Harper ‘twiddling his thumbs’ on climate change: Graham
Harper ‘twiddling his thumbs’ on climate change: Graham
Interim Liberal Leader Bill Graham and Bloc Qu?b?cois Leader Gilles Duceppe accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday of “twiddling his thumbs” on climate change as a majority of Canadians say their concerns about the environment continue to increase.
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Drawing from her three-part series in the New Yorker, ?Climate of Man,? Elizabeth Kolbert?s Field Notes from a Catastrophe makes a convincing case for the urgent danger of global warming. This book is very much in the tradition of Rachel Carson?s Silent Spring.
Deep in the cold, cold ground
Of the major initiatives taken so far by Stephen Harper’s government, the clean air act sparked the most derisive reaction. … Continue reading Deep in the cold, cold ground
Canada on the Hot Seat
International climate negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations start today in Nairobi, Kenya. While these talks are crucial to avoiding catastrophic climate change, Canada?s delegation arrives with a weak track record and a discredited plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
UN climate conference opens in Nairobi
Facing rising temperatures and flagging efforts to control greenhouse gases, thousands of delegates from around the world opened a UN conference Monday on next steps to ward off the worst effects of climate change.