By Martin Khor The United Nations’ Cancun climate conference, which adopted a text early on 11 December had a strange outcome. It was acclaimed by many for reviving the spirit of multilateralism in the climate change system, because another collapse after the disastrous failure of the Copenhagen talks a year ago would have knocked another [...]
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Harper Isolated on Climate Issues
December 1 10
People’s Voice Editorial As the next round of climate negotiations resumes in Cancun, an Environics poll finds that the Harper Tories are out of step with Canadians on this crucial issue. The survey finds that 87% of Canadians agree that too much focus on economic growth and consumerism is a root cause of climate change, [...]