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Rick Smith

Comment/Leadership

Canada needs fast action on its new climate competitiveness strategy

by Rick Smith

OPINION | It's not perfect, but Prime Minister Mark Carney's new climate strategy is a useful step forward

Comment/Decarbonization

Canada needs strong climate policy to be competitive in countries beyond the U.S.

by Rick Smith

OPINION | For a diversified trade strategy to succeed, Canada must pursue markets that are rapidly moving toward clean energy

Canadian Parliament
Climate

A fork in the road for the Canadian climate change discussion

by Rick Smith

OPINION | Canada should take its cues for climate policy from its global trading partners, not Donald Trump

Crosses honor the more than 100 victims of Central Texas’s deadly July 4 flash floods.
Climate

Climate disasters demand respect, but we can’t be quiet about their causes

by Rick Smith

OPINION | Connecting climate-caused tragedies with the drivers of global warming is difficult yet necessary

Climate

Is there a silver lining for climate under Donald Trump?

by Rick Smith

OPINION | No one is going to accuse Donald Trump of caring about climate change. But the defeat of his allies around

Leadership

These should be the climate change priorities for Canada’s new government

by Rick Smith and Peter Nicholson

OPINION | With a fresh mandate, here’s what Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to focus on for Canada's climate and energy future

Climate

A new chapter begins for the Canadian climate change conversation

by Rick Smith

OPINION | Here are three ways the next Canadian government can make effective progress on climate change

Leadership

How to focus the fury for good

by Rick Smith

OPINION | We need to use our rage over the state of politics and our climate future, not be consumed by it

Global progress on climate change is accelerating
Climate

The facts of climate progress are the antidote to pessimism

by Rick Smith

OPINION | Don't let defeatism obscure the truth: major progress is happening on climate and clean energy around the world

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