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Obama and Trudeau just announced that their two countries would “play a leadership role internationally in the low-carbon global economy over the coming decades.” However, according to an article in the Financial Post about the substance of the Obama/Trudeau agreements “the measures are marginal and do not even level the playing field on climate change.”

In Paris, the world made a lot of promises about climate change. Now that the meeting to sign the Paris climate change agreement is happening on Earth Day, April 22, many world leaders have not responded. Demand that they show up.

Want a great bit of insight into what is really happening with climate change? Watch this google hangout with Naomi Klein, Bill McKibbon and other guests.  A lot needs doing to really make a difference in climate change.