Thirty Years of Failure

Understanding Canadian Climate Policy

by Robert MacNeil  

How did Canada go from climate leader to climate villain?

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  • October 2019
  • ISBN: 9781773632223
  • 192 pages
  • $20.00
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  • EPUB November 2019
  • ISBN: 9781773632230
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  • Kindle November 2019
  • ISBN: 9781773632247
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Thirty years ago, Canada was a climate leader, designing policy to curb rising emissions and demanding the same of other countries. But in the intervening decades, Canada has become more of a climate villain, rejecting global attempts to slow climate change and ignoring ever-increasing emissions at home.

How did Canada go from climate leader to climate villain?

In Thirty Years of Failure, Robert MacNeil examines Canada’s changing climate policy in meticulous detail and argues that the failure of this policy is due to a perfect storm of interrelated and mutually reinforcing cultural, political and economic factors — all of which have made a functional and effective national climate strategy impossible. But as MacNeil reveals, the factors preventing a sensible, sustainable climate policy in Canada are also the keys to change, and he offers readers an understanding of the strategies and policies required to decarbonize the Canadian economy and make Canada a global leader on climate change once again.

Canadian Studies Climate & Ecology

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Literary Review of Canada

“Thirty Years of Failure will jolt a certain type of optimistic Canadian who believes all is okay, who quietly consumes, rolls up his rim to win, and exhibits an unshakable belief in our inherent goodness.”

Author

Robert MacNeil

Robert MacNeil is a senior lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney (Australia). His research focuses on the political, economic, cultural and institutional roots of climate policy in Australia, Canada and the United States.

Contents

  • The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Climate Leadership
  • A Brief History of Canadian Climate Policy
  • Political Institutions
  • Economic Interests
  • Ideas and Culture
  • Where To From Here?
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index

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