Canada's National Observer publishes new opinion article on country's quiet climate change retreat

When Canadians elected Mark Carney's minority government into office, it was expected that a climate change action plan would finally be at the forefront of the country's concerns and its participation on the global stage, especially in the race to meet SDG 13's climate action targets before 2030.

However, in the National Observer's new opinion article titled "Why we built the Climate Backtracker: Canada's quiet climate retreat", authored by 2023 SDGs@UofT Fellow and IECS (Institute of Environment, Conservation and Sustainability) Director Imre Szeman, questions the intentions of the federal government, and plans to hold them accountable for any inactions witnessed. Environmental and climate change realities cannot become the new normal.