Blog: climate change
The Canada West Foundation public policy blog
Video | Alberta’s new climate plan, explained
On January 27, 2016, the Canada West Foundation, with Canadians for Clean Prosperity and Bennett Jones LLP, convened four expert panelists to dive deep into Alberta’s new climate plan. The speakers, including Andrew Leach, the chair of the province’s climate advisory panel, also faced questions from the audience about how Alberta can improve its environmental credibility
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Prairie premiers face common threat
In Paris for the UN Climate Conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced, to much fanfare, that Canada is back. Indeed, the Trudeau government reaffirmed Canada’s aggressive climate targets (30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030) while intimating that Canada will do more. To meet the 2030 target, Canada will have to reduce its greenhouse
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Good riddance, 2015
It’s hard not to say “good riddance” rather than “goodbye” to a year like 2015. There were good moments, for sure, but plenty more reasons to make us happy to start afresh in 2016. Paris figured largely in the world psyche in more ways than expected. The Paris climate spectacular was expected; the tragic murder
Read MoreDutch ruling draws courts into climate change debate
Canadians who are concerned about courts sticking their noses into public policy might raise an eyebrow after a recent ruling in the Netherlands, where the government was legally required to increase its efforts to curb climate change. In an unprecedented ruling, a sustainability organization – the Urgenda Foundation – and 900 citizens of the Netherlands
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