Intergenerational Injustice

The following article from the Globe and Mail, February 10, 2024, describes the unfair cost to future generations of postponing climate change mitigation in the present.  _______________ Pushing to Axe the Tax is Unfair to our Kids Posted by Paul Kershaw on February 10, 2024 Originally published in The Globe & Mail on February 2, 2023  

A Focus on Climate Justice 

  For the month of March, the Climate Action team will focus on Climate Justice. Climate change affects populations differently. Communities of the global south, low income and racialized communities everywhere face more climate related crises. Here in Hamilton, resident’s experience of the changing climate can vary greatly. As we work to mitigate and adapt … Read more

Message from IPCC

  From the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): “Our message is blunt: we have the technologies, the know-how, and the money to tackle climate change. We need to put them to use — now,” says Jim Skea, chair of the IPCC, in a speech. “The last IPCC report showed those who are the most vulnerable … Read more

We’re Losing Low-Cost Homes

A decade ago, 28 per cent of all homes in Hamilton were worth less than $250,000.  —–>  Today, just 3 per cent are. In 2013, 88 per cent were worth less than a half million dollars. —->  Today, just 11 per cent.  At the top end, a decade ago, fewer than 1 per cent of … Read more