SPECIAL EDITION: Vote for Sustainable Energy

Details: Published on Wednesday, 14 October 2015 11:30; Written by editor

r1 BCSEA Special Edition - October 14, 2015
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Voting for sustainable energy and the climate

Want to support the sustainable energy transition but don’t know how? VOTE on October 19th. You just might tip the balance.

The Conservatives, Greens, Liberals and NDP all make platform commitments on sustainable energy and climate action. Here is a quick comparison. (Assessing credibility is up to you!)

Context

The Paris Climate Change Conference is in December. Countries will be asked to make binding commitments to combat global warming. The US and China are now collaborating on emissions reductions. ‘Unburnable carbon’ is becoming mainstream, and Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, is telling high-calibre financiers that most remaining fossil fuels must stay in the ground. (For BCSEA’s assessment of the scientific case for zero emissions, see The 2040 Climate Imperative).

Global investment in renewable energy is at $270 billion annually and growing. Countries are making ever more ambitious renewable energy commitments, such as Austria’s 2020 renewables pledge of 34% of its total energy needs.

So what do Canada’s national parties offer?