Climate plan finally has real goals, budget

DEAR EDITOR:

It was heartening to hear that Canada has at last joined other nations in adopting a climate change plan that includes real goals and a budget.

If there is anything to be learned from COVID-19, it is that nature is more powerful than our wishful thinking — and we can act quickly and change drastically when we need to.

Lives hang in the balance. Scientists, economists, business people, and citizens have come up with many solutions for how to draw down greenhouse gas emissions, but we need the political will to make these solutions a reality.

Now, Canada has taken some concrete steps; this gives some hope for more progress on the long road ahead, which we must all travel together.

Khati Hendry, Penticton