Episode 127 of Down to Business podcast
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With world leaders gathering in Scotland for the 26th United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, there’s reason to believe that political leaders are taking the climate crisis seriously: countries representing an estimated 90 per cent of global emissions have committed to a net zero target by mid-century.
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And yet, skepticism — that countries will meet their ambitious goals, that climate change ultimately will prove too costly to fight and about so much more — still persists.
This week on Down to Business, Rachel Samson, research director for clean growth at the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, an independent think tank in Ottawa, discusses what the conference tells us about climate change and the future.
Samson talked about why she’s optimistic right now, how the pandemic revealed a shift in attitudes about climate change and why Canada needs to accept risks and seize the moment.
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