How Canada should think about climate reparations
Houses falling into the water in Odessa, Ukraine, as a result of coastal erosion. Image from Depositphotos.
By Aaron Saad
Imagine your country has just been hammered by a sudden extreme climate event, say a violent storm or an unrelenting, record-shattering downpour. The systems you rely on for transportation, energy, food, and water lie in rubble. Homes, businesses, schools, and hospitals are flattened or drowned. Many people have lost their lives. Even more have been displaced.
And imagine, also, that yours is a poor country already struggling to meet everyone’s essential needs.