On 2nd December the Globe and Mail reported that “some 20 years after countries first identified the need for a treaty to limit man-made emissions of greenhouse gases, [the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is] still pursuing an… Read More »COP17 is under way and showing no signs that any progress towards combating climate change will be made.
In Canada, preparing to depart for the climate talks in Durban, the Environment Minister, Peter Kent, waffled about Canada’s position. He said, “What we need now is action, and a mandate to work on an eventual binding convention [on greenhouse… Read More »Dissonance or Harmony? Two news items on 28 November reveal the seriousness of the environmental crisis and the lack of determination of certain developed countries to act.
“Are you going to follow the United States, are you also going to become a serial non-ratifier of any agreements?” asked Mohau Pheko, the South African high commissioner to Canada, in an unusually harsh criticism on 14th November. South Africa… Read More »With a new round of climate talks set to open in Durban later this month, Canada is once more under scrutiny.