Andrew Leach: How to hit climate goals without doing harm
How does Canada reach its climate goals without harming consumers and the overall economy — especially if that harm falls on some regions particularly hard? To untangle this urgent question, host Edward Greenspon talks to Andrew Leach, a professor at the University of Alberta Department of Economics and Faculty of Law and an architect of Alberta’s climate change strategy under former Premier Rachel Notley. One of the country’s leading authorities on climate and energy policy, he may be the ultimate climate policy wonk.
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Listen to more episodes from Season 2 of WONK:
Janice Stein on what’s wrong with the world — and what Canada can do
Sean Speer on how governments can get stuff done
Raven Lacerte on a movement to end violence against women and children
Dr. Jane Philpott on getting every Canadian a family doctor
R.J. Simpson on why the North is hot right now
David Campbell on what’s driving Atlantic Canada’s big boom
Steve Verheul on what a Trump victory could mean for Canada
Alex Himelfarb on what’s behind ‘the Age of Crisis’
U.S. election special: What Trump’s big win means for Canada
Brett House on the rise of Trumponomics (and Swiftonomics, too)
Peter Loewen on the forces dividing America
And see what you might have missed in Season 1 of WONK.