climate emergency

Unless the world's political leaders put an end to capitalist rule, capitalist rule will put an end to most of the world's inhabitants.

We're facing a crisis trifecta: COVID-19, climate disruption and plunging oil prices. This is exposing flaws in the systems we've been relying on far beyond their best-before dates.

By the time we get around to addressing the problem of global warming seriously, we may well be at the end of our rope.

The main question that the COVID-19 crisis raises is whether such a severe reprimand by Mother Earth -- when it eventually runs its course -- will be heeded and appropriately acted upon.

Illnesses force idleness on people. So, too, the climate situation demands idleness from society. We must listen to the body in sickness; we must listen to the planet in crisis.

Following the withdrawal of the Frontier oil sands project, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney engaged in well-rehearsed political rhetoric. But political hot air is not as dangerous as a warming planet.

Capitalism is incompatible with a clean climate. Governments all over the world must make transformative social and economic changes to prevent global climate catastrophe.