
Is Canada’s economic future free of fossil fuels?
Climate and energy policies are now one and the
same. To take the Paris Agreement seriously, Canada must accept that the oil
sands can no longer be key to its economy.
Professor of Environmental Studies
Simon Dalby is a CIGI Chair in the Political Economy of Climate Change and Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. His published research deals with climate change, political ecology, geopolitics, global security, environmental change, militarization and the spatial dimensions of governance.
Climate and energy policies are now one and the
same. To take the Paris Agreement seriously, Canada must accept that the oil
sands can no longer be key to its economy.