Constitutional Change to Address Climate Change and Nonrenewable Energy Use

Authors

  • Lynn McDonald

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21991/C9S09H

Abstract

Climate change, or climate breakdown, is arguably the greatest challenge we now face. The need to address it seriously has been widely accepted by all national political parties in Can- ada, if only lately and grudgingly. Yet Canada is far behind European countries in turning to low-carbon energy sources — we remain the world’s highest per capita energy user and car- bon emitter. We signed the Kyoto Protocol,1 but far from meeting our obligations under it, we have increased our greenhouse gas emissions. Our record is worse than even the Americans, who did not sign Kyoto.

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Published

2011-07-11

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