News of the North

The Canadian Conservative government is being sued for its failure to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets for greenhouse gas reduction.

“The government has not got discretion, in our opinion, on whether or not to meet Kyoto. They are required as per the terms of this act, cut, dried to the point,” Olivastri said.

While Harper tries to wriggle out of Canada’s current agreement, the UN is attempting to forge a new agreement that will replace the Kyoto treaty when it expires in 2012. This is proving to be difficult, with key countries like China refusing to participate and others unwilling to commit to major changes. Even now that the the former vice president of the United States has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change awareness, the United States is holding steady to its current policies.

Here’s some ways that you can get political and make some real progress on climate change.