Erik Zydervelt: There is no time to waste on climate change

Erik Zydervelt: There is no time to waste on climate change
Erik Zydervelt
Dear minister,The decisions we make this year about our environment will have a ripple effect for years to come. It is the incoming ministers’ decisions, whether they want that ripple to rise up into a devastating tsunami.We’ve had thought leaders in the environmental space clamouring for years that small incremental changes, while vital, are not coming thick and fast enough.For every single person who chooses a plant based diet or starts composting at home, there are just as many slow and ineffective governments holding up change....

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