Climate Weekly: G7 spotlights Canada’s climate dissonance

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Climate Weekly: G7 spotlights Canada’s climate dissonance
Published on 21/09/2018, 12:59pm


By Megan Darby

After June’s disastrous leaders’ summit, G7 hosts Canada took a more cautious approach at this week’s meeting of environment ministers in Halifax.

Instead of trying to appease the US administration with a watered-down joint statement, the chair issued a summary of what “most”/”many”/”some” ministers agreed. It allowed them to express support for various climate change initiatives, while glossing over Donald Trump’s refusal to play ball.

Downplaying the international tensions had the unfortunate side effect for Catherine McKenna of focusing attention on the host nation’s internal climate contradiction.

http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/09/21/climate-weekly-g7-spotlights-canadas-climate-dissonance/