Policy, Regulation, and International Agreements

Topics

• Public Consultation or Performance Art? Civic Input in Policy-Making (3 discussions)
  “Did they listen—or just check the box?”
• Reforming the Process: Making Climate Policy Democratic (3 discussions)
  “Is there a better way to make decisions that affect us all?”
• Regulatory Capture: Who Writes the Rules? (3 discussions)
  “When industry helps write the law—it’s usually for itself.”
• The Paris Agreement: Promises, Pitfalls, and Progress (2 discussions)
  “1.5 degrees. Net zero. Is it still alive?”
• Beyond Paris: What Else Has Canada Signed On To? (3 discussions)
  “From methane to mercury—what else is in the fine print?”
• Climate Diplomacy: Leading, Following, or Failing? (4 discussions)
  “Is Canada a climate leader—or a climate brand?”
• Canada’s Climate Laws: What’s Binding vs What’s Just Branding (3 discussions)
  “A law with no teeth is just PR.”
• Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Climate Conflict (4 discussions)
  “Carbon tax in? Pipeline out? Who’s in charge here?”
• Climate Targets Without Teeth: Why Goals Keep Getting Missed (4 discussions)
  “How many deadlines have we blown through?”
• Enforcing Environmental Law: What Happens After the Fine? (4 discussions)
  “Pay the fine, pollute again—is that accountability?”
• Climate Courts and Legal Pathways to Change (3 discussions)
  “Can we sue our way to climate justice?”
• Lobbying, Backdoors, and Political Influence in Climate Law (3 discussions)
  “Who’s in the room when the rules get made?”