The United Nations…

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report Monday calling for “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” in order to limit human-induced global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
“If the current warming rate continues,” the report states, “the world would reach human–induced global warming of 1.5°C around 2040.” Avoiding the disastrous consequences of climate change, the report stated, requires transforming the world economy in a way that has “no documented historic precedent.”

Ontario has everything to loose from cancelling the cap and trade program. It will negatively impact our health, our wellbeing and the livability of our planet. It is urgent to curb GHG emissions and we must think about the long term impact of today’s decision. I am against the cancelation of the cap and trade program.