Will the Canada-U.S. climate meeting accelerate community empowerment?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden surprised many by committing to bilateral progress on climate change. The two governments seem to recognize — perhaps for the first time — that the climate system and its changing behaviour cross our shared border, and that our problems are best addressed through collective learning and action. One need only look at recent events to understand why. The storm that crippled utilities in Texas was driven by desettled Arctic air, which, in turn, was influenced by the Gulf Stream. The warming climate poses other shared challenges such as m...