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In B.C., support for climate action cuts across political lines. Here’s why

Clean Energy Canada

You might be tempted to think that amid an unparalleled pandemic, an economic crisis, and an unseasonably cool summer in B.C., You might also think that opinions on the aforementioned would be highly partisan. That relatively narrow difference in opinion was quite consistent across questions—and may come as a surprise.

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Covid-19 is a test run for when we need to act on climate change - that time is now

Business Green

Formula E's Alejandro Agag argues the pandemic and the global suspension of sport offers a warning of the urgent need to address the climate crisis. In countries which I am very close to - such as Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom - this pandemic is assuming dramatic proportions. There are two connected facts to look at.

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SDG17, coronavirus, and the battle for a collaborative future

Business Green

Around the world businesses and governments have been quick to step up calls for a revival of multilateralism as the best route for tackling both the pandemic and the still ongoing climate crisis. Calls are growing for co-ordinated efforts to embrace best practices for stemming and then reversing the march of the pandemic.

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'Action is needed now': CBI leads flurry of calls for green recovery

Business Green

"And here in the UK there's also a strikingly clear economic rationale for making it a key plank of our post-pandemic recovery, harnessing the desire for action among business, consumers and politicians.". It sounds like a carefully coded call for Ministers to ramp up the ambition in pursuit of net zero emissions.