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.