Canadians have at least 150 new reasons to unite against a common enemy: climate change. The effects of climate change created the setting that allowed more than 6,500 wildfires to burn across Canada last year, destroying 18.5 million hectares of land—more than double the previous record and over nine times the 10-year average of 2.7 million hectares. Independent Senator Rosa Galvez is one of Canada’s leading experts in pollution control and its effect on human health.
This includes the financial sector, which encompasses banks that fuel and facilitate greenhouse gas emissions responsible for planet warming, as well as insurance entities that are leaving areas affected by wildfires, and pension plans that need to provide wildland firefighters with a financially secure retirement. It also includes the health sector, which is responsible for an estimated 4.6 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions—more than aviation and shipping.