Canadians are incredibly fortunate that our country will be well positioned against climate change compared to the vast majority of the world. However, large areas of Asia and Africa will experience overwhelming heat and aridity due to climate change over the coming decades. There are billions of people living in these tropical countries, who will seek a new home out of necessity. Consequently, Canada must prepare herself to accommodate a significant percentage of these climate refugees. It is quite feasible that this number could be several hundred million by the end of the century.
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The issue IMO is that we’ve adopted a model of “lead by example” / international virtue signalling knowing full well cutting our own emissions won’t do shit in the grand scheme of things. Unfortunately we’ve grown less influential over this same period of time since our economy has been stagnant while other countries like China have grown their influence immensely.
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Canadians are incredibly fortunate that our country will be well positioned against climate change compared to the vast majority of the world. However, large areas of Asia and Africa will experience overwhelming heat and aridity due to climate change over the coming decades. There are billions of people living in these tropical countries, who will seek a new home out of necessity. Consequently, Canada must prepare herself to accommodate a significant percentage of these climate refugees. It is quite feasible that this number could be several hundred million by the end of the century.
The issue IMO is that we’ve adopted a model of “lead by example” / international virtue signalling knowing full well cutting our own emissions won’t do shit in the grand scheme of things. Unfortunately we’ve grown less influential over this same period of time since our economy has been stagnant while other countries like China have grown their influence immensely.