"A pleasure to be able to do it." That's how a senior research scientist from Environment Canada, Greg Flato, described the experience of finally being allowed to brief the premiers and prime minister on up to date climate science and then be permitted to appear at a press conference and actually answer questions.
Our chief elected officials got quite an earful of science today, the straight goods. Yes, climate change poses a severe danger, several in fact, to Canada. Yes, climate change is largely man-made. Yes, we must decarbonize, free ourselves from our dependence on fossil fuels and time is not on our side.
Scientists being allowed to brief elected officials on science. Pretty remarkable indeed.
This won't attract much attention but it is terribly important.
ReplyDeleteIt is truly amazing how special something that should be business as usual now seems. It's going to take a while for us all to recover from the last decade.
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