Pembina reacts to B.C. budget 2016 - Budget disappoints with lack of direction on climate action

Pembina Institute

February 18, 2016

VANCOUVER — Matt Horne, B.C. associate director at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the release of the B.C. government’s 2016 budget: “Today’s budget, unfortunately, continues the four-year stall in the province’s progress on climate action. While the costs of climate change were highlighted, any hint of the government’s new plan to respond to climate

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Sustainable Development Goals: Will The World Stick to Its New Year’s Resolutions?

Worldwatch Institute

February 2, 2016

As those of us who struggle to keep our resolutions know, following through on a New Year’s commitment isn’t easy. This year, however, the world has big plans. Last September, at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015, 193 countries signed on to tackle 17 goals and meet 169 targets “to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want” and “to heal and secure our planet”

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