CONS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Keystone Pipeline, Carbon Price, Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
6 Oct 2017
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Canada"s track record to date : repeated failure to meet targets, response has been to move the goalposts, time and again, despite commitments, we"re still going in the wrong direction. Trudeau government climate leadership: paris commitment: 30% below 2005 by 2030, commitment to national carbon pricing, /tonne by 2022. In collaboration with provinces: accelerated phase out of coal plants, etc. 2 c world: global oil demand peaks by 2018 (iea, demand for canada"s bitumen disappears by 2020 (mcgland and ekins) Why are politicians so bad at mitigating climate change: not a priority for voters, regional distribution of costs, unhelpful political institutions, canada"s role in international trade. Public opinion on climate change: canadians, believe climate science, support shift towards renewables, strongly support canada joining international agreement, but, less support for measures that would increase prices. Oct 05, 2017: e. g. carbon tax, climate change is seldom top of mind .
