Crisis is No Excuse to Dodge Climate Declarations
Editorial, Globe and Mail | October 20, 2008
It’s tempting to use the economic slowdown as an excuse to dodge ambitious declarations for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. ++ We mustn’t forget that our current economic problems are small compared to the possible long-term consequences of unchecked global warming. ++ The EU should lead the way; it if introduces an aggressive climate plan it will pressure the rest of the world – especially the US – to follow. ++ The creation of an international greenhouse-gas emissions regime is "one of the fundamental challenges of our time."
