Climate change: Sept. 13, 2010

Mr. Peter Tabuns:

The McGuinty government’s climate plan was weak to begin with. The clear failure to even meet its own weak targets is simply immoral. The McGuinty government, as all other governments, has a duty to act decisively and recognize the reality of what’s going on in the world. There is no more pressing task facing the world and this province today.

This summer, we’ve been witness to a variety of severe weather events around the world that speak to the changing climate. In Russia, an unprecedented heat wave and drought have led to the loss of almost a third of their wheat crop. Toxic air in Moscow led to the morgues overflowing. In Pakistan, almost 14 million people have been displaced by unprecedented rains and flooding. In China, flooding and landslides had impacts in the billions of dollars. Climate scientists say that it’s very clear that these incidents are consistent with the kind of weather events you get in a warming world.