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Sciences, Publics, Politics: Lessons From Canada鈥檚 Climate Wars | Issues
Published: 11 February 2020
When Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau took office in 2015 as Canada鈥檚 prime minister, a top priority was to establish Canada as a global leader on climate change. At the United Nations鈥� climate summit in Paris that year,聽Trudeau pledged聽to cut his country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions by 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. Four years later, having survived re-election but with a much-diminished political mandate, Trudeau鈥檚 climate ambitions have been severely curtailed.
