Thirty years of failure : understanding Canadian climate policy

MacNeil, Robert 1931- (author.).

Summary: This is a book about Canadian climate policy. It is the first book-length study of the topic that aims to provide readers with a broad understanding of the tattered history of Canadian climate policy, as well as the precise reasons why Canada has emerged as one of the world's preeminent climate villains over the past few decades. The books main underpinning argument is that Canadian climate policy is beset by a perfect storm of interrelated (and mutually reinforcing) cultural, institutional, and economic factors - the aggregate of which has made a functional and effective national climate strategy all but impossible over the past 30 years. Yet, while these factors have made climate action quite difficult to date, they nevertheless have much to tell us about what reforms would need to occur in order to resolve the situation.

Record details

ISBN: 9781773632223 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Halifax : Fernwood Publishing, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographic references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The rise & fall of Canada's climate leadership -- A brief history of Canadian climate policy -- Political institutions -- Economic interests -- Ideas & culture -- Where to from here? Trudeau's climate policy & beyond -- Appendix: Carbon tax vs. cap-and-trade.