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At the press conference that followed, I talked to the Minister about the progress on carbon tax, Liberal’s green tech investments, trade deals with Europe and China, and the upcoming federal election. Question: In 2015 when the Liberals were elected they promised a massive influx of money for infrastructure.
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Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Laurence Tubiana, head of the European Climate Foundation, former Ireland president Mary Robinson, and Sue Biniaz, US Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, played pivotal roles in securing the Paris Agreement of 2015.
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And since 2015, there has been a 30% shortfall between what the government has committed to spending on climate and what it has actually invested. It’s critical to close this climate-investment gap in order to close the emission-reduction gap.
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