Policy Analysis

Statement by John Drexhage, IISD's Director of Climate Change and Energy, to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

By John Drexhage on November 27, 2006
John Drexhage, IISD's Director of Climate Change and Energy, made a statement to Canada's House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development regarding Bill C-288, "An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol." Drexhage argues that effectively addressing "the grave and present threat" of climate change demands a response well beyond the world of environmental negotiators. Kyoto and future agreements, if they are to be successful, must engage at the investment and financial policy level. (November 23, 2006)