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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Vancouverites! The amazing Leah Stokes will be at #UBC tomorrow to talk about her new book, The Carbon Wave, which tells a very personal, and very moving, story about how the US Inflation Reduction Act was conceived and passed. Join us! Registration here: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The fall 2025 govt and CCI projections already incorporated some 2025 changes so I looked to the prev progress report. Huge difference! But getting close to the 2030 target depended on 1. policies in progress being adopted and 2. follow through on others. /2 climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/u...

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Vancouverites: @leahstokes.bsky.social will be at #UBC 9/29 to talk about her new book, which is both an expert and personal account of passage of the US IRA. It's truly inspiring (despite Republican rollbacks) and we can all use some of that. Register here: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

4 stories on wildfire evacuations in news section of Globe & Mail yesterday, then these 3 in business section on booming profits of oil/gas companies that cause the problem. Worse than failure to link those the news stories, Canada is increasing subsidies for oil/gas as the world burns. #cdnpoli

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New Angus Reid poll: attention to climate is rebounding and voters most concerned are moving to the NDP and Bloc, causing the Liberal lead over CPC to shrink from 13% (Feb) to 4% (July). Decline in attention doesn't mean voters support weakening climate policies! angusreid.org/climate-vote...

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Canadians increasingly believe wildfires are a new normal (30%) or will worsen (56%) yet acceptance that climate change is due to human activity has declined 71% to 59% in 5 yrs. NB: a deep partisan divide with deniers either sorting to CPC or persuaded by co-partisans. angusreid.org/wildfire-fea...

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Magical golden hour on Hornby Island with soundtrack of humpbacks breathing and deep vocalizing. So cool!

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

What brought me joy cycling to the FIFA fanfest in Vancouver yesterday? Being out in the world with happy people on a glorious day! My non-scientific observation: when I looked around at stop signs/lights, many cyclists and pedestrians were smiling and not one of the drivers was. + Scotland won!

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

#Ebikes reduce GHGs and other air pollution, offer health benefits, and save money. But there's still a tendency to think of cyclists as gutsy souls making sacrifices. But here's the thing: cycling to/from work makes this 67 yr old, not-super-fit person happy. I'll share why in this occasional 🧵.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Check out this table from the paper @vthivierge.bsky.social shared. Canada's oil fares worst not just under a Paris-compliant scenario of net zero in 2050, but also under current pledges, which are a path of ~2.3-2.5C. We are banking on disaster.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Is there a better end of work week activity than cycling through sun-dappled bike routes onto the people’s yacht (aka Seabus) for a meeting to talk climate policy?

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Canadian oil producers hope to capitalize on instability in the gulf - plus government subsidies - to expand Cdn exports. But the Iran war's impact on prices is hastening the shift away from oil in importing countries, reinforced by ZEV mandates that spur lower pricing of EVs. Pipeline to nowhere?

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

NZEE 2b.2 is key. If we're not on track what additional measures could be taken to increase the odds of meeting the target? P 109 finally provides an answer. By setting a false standard to meet 2030 and 2035 targets "at all costs" the report basically says "nothing more we can do." Focus on 2050.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Key figure on p 10. Based on existing policies it's projected Canada will see a 21% reduction below 2005 levels by 2030 (p 21), so ~halfway to our target. That's much less optimistic than the 2023 report. Still it's a big deal we've finally bent the curve, just not enough.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Here's what the NZEE Act mandates for progress reports. That stuff's all in there, but one must dig in. Wrt 2a, the Minister's statement doesn't even mention the 2030 and 2035 targets, only the government's commitment to net zero in 2050.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Guilbeault's resignation letter (from post on X):

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

1st rate trolling by LATAM airlines for its #COP30 passengers to/from Belém! Bittersweet, but hit the spot.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Art with an unmistakeable message outside the conference venue yesterday.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

As delegates depart COP30 the path is lined with police standing beside fire extinguishers. I don’t think there’s another fire! Seems unlikely it’s performance art. ??

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The gang's all here awaiting COP leadership for final(?) plenary. Still no text for Mutirão/cover decision. Will there be consensus on a Roadmap to "transition away from fossil fuels"? While an adaptation finance for Roadmap compromise is plausible for dev'g countries, petrostates could block.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

10:30 pm on the (nominal) last night of #cop30. No new texts since 3 am, no plenary since 1 pm, no announcements. A crowd is gathered outside the COP Presidency office waiting for … something.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Here is the text of the Belém Declaration.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Pic from conclusion of press conference. Many countries spoke. There's a deep divide on fossil fuel transition here at #COP30; fundamentally a divide on climate action. Panama: “our elementary school students are reading text books that are more in line with reality than the text” at COP30.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Colombia, Netherlands + others holding a Press Conf to announce Belém Declaration on phase out of fossil fuels, press for a road map in COP30 text, announce conference of the willing to phase out FFs in April in Colombia. Vanuatu Minister: "eventually you will all be facing what we are facing now”

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

In response, the 29 countries that sent the letter to the Presidency last night have sent a new letter rejecting the text and calling "firmly" for a revised proposal.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Took an uber to the waterfront while waiting for the #COP30 venue to re-open post-fire. This was hanging on the back of the driver’s seat. Hope next passenger is a fossil fuel lobbyist.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Ouch! Last time Canada received the fossil of the day award from CAN-international at COP was 2014, when Stephen Harper was PM.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

COP30 Pavilion of pacific Island states. It did rain really hard here in Belém…

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

This is not the grand bargain of pipeline for GHG emissions reductions we’ve been hearing about. Rather, the deal I’m seeing (p 107) is a chance to collaborate on a post-2030 price trajectory, extension of CCUS tax credits to 2040 (at lower level), no oil/gas emissions cap in exchange for ... \5

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Promising specifics: recommitment to methane regs, strengthening industrial carbon pricing by lowering benchmarks, creating a sustainable finance framework. But “Canada’s new government is committed to reduction GHG emissions” but no mention of meeting targets (2035?!) other than NZ in 2050. \3

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

In a budget that *really* emphasizes infrastructure investments, I’m struck by what’s in the excerpt below, a clean power grid and critical minerals, and what's not: an oil pipeline. \2

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Producer countries are not only planning for way more production than needed to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, they're even planning to produce more than would be needed under current policies. They are banking on failure, in doing so increasing chances of that. /2

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

This LNG *terminal* may have relatively low emissions, but it's exporting a fossil fuel that causes climate change. Cdn govts are providing $400M in fossil fuel subsidies to Cedar LNG. See below for a relevant statement from the International Court of Justice decision last week.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A passage of note for Canada from the International Court of Justice climate change decision. Canada tends to focus selectively on consumption, disregarding responsibility for the emissions from fossil fuels we export released in other countries. We also deem many projection subsidies acceptable.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Signage for the Kettle River Recreation area describes wildfire as a “natural process” with zero mention of the human-caused climate change that is amplifying wildfires. Maybe an old sign, but the message is misleading. Do better BC Parks! @tamaradavison.bsky.social

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

We’ve been camping between Nelson and Vancouver this week. BC is glorious, but heartbreaking evidence of climate change is all too clear, eg driving west side of Lake Okanagan through burnt forests. A symbol of our time that access to a lovely campground on the Kettle R was through this landscape.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Wandering through Toronto last night, I came across a delightful park that features statues of dogs frolicking in a fountain. Big dogs spitting out water, pugs doing their bit to help, puppies playing at the top. Whimsy makes cities better! Thank you #Toronto! #BerczyPark

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Key appendix. The grey wedge above is big, suggesting missing policies for oil/gas and existing trucks + cars are much needed. Policies so for only defined include EV mandate for new trucks, bldg heating equipment stds, new building code. GHG cap for gas utilities seems to have disappeared! /8

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I'd also hope for more transparency. e.g., How does the impact of implemented policies compare with the Roadmap commitment? How big is the shortfall for individual defined policies? How big are specific missing pieces of the Roadmap in that grey section?

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

We compare the CPC, LPC and NDP because one of the first two will form government and in a minority scenario the NDP is most credible to sign a confidence agreement. Here's a summary. More details below. /2

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

What a great day — Two of my favourite things: chocolate eggs and VOTING!

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Delighted that it comes in an adult size. We love our silly hats in this fam (or at least they all humour me).

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Many heartbreaking references to isolation and losing lifelong friends. Because Long Covid sufferers can't get out much (or at all) they become "invisible." They aren't at the social events they used to attend, while friends have moved on with their lives - and stopped visiting.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Many with long covid cannot work full-time or at all. Post-exertional malaise causes a "crash" if someone pushes past their energy limit (way lower than before!) Many wrote of trying to tough it out and just getting sicker. Lots of stories of beloved careers lost, but also poverty from job loss.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Many wrote of not being able to visit with family members, limits on their ability to parent their kids, loss of custody of their children, and fears that they'll never be able to have children. One child wrote that she misses her mom being able to help with her homework and come to soccer games.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The overwhelming and heartbreaking theme is loss of a former life, and at the limit outright despair.

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Those with long covid are all ages, including many previously healthy young people (like my daughter) who had mild cases that just got worse over time. Some got it in the 1st wave and have been suffering for 5 yrs, others on their 3rd or 4th infection last year. COVID is not "over" for them - or us!

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Estimating benefits is tricky bc climate change is global. ECCC used a credible method: the social cost of carbon. PBO says estimating benefits is beyond its mandate (why?), yet made a point of saying most benefits accrue to other countries. True, just as we benefit from other countries' actions /3

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