Glasgow Climate Summit – Government Leadership Needed to Meet Our Commitments

Letter to the Globe and Mail

Date: October 26, 2021 at 10:53:50 PM GMT-4

To: let…@globeandmail.com

With mixed expectations for a satisfactory outcome, the COP 26 launches this weekend in Glasgow. Canadians should take heart from the potential our country has for reducing demand and meeting our energy needs from sustainable sources.

With government leadership and support, our electricity grids can be increasingly sourced with clean energy and consumers can replace vehicles, household appliances and heating to run on electricity.  If this happens, we may not have to face galling lifestyle sacrifices on the road to zero carbon emissions.

By diverting their munificent oil and gas subsidies to foster renewable energy infrastructure and encourage, for example, the purchase of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, our government would bring their policies more in line with their commitments under the Paris Climate Accord at COP21 in 2016.

Frederic S. Carpenter

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