Nick Pearce
About Nick Pearce
Nick Pearce is the National Convenor of the Green Economy Network, a coalition of labour unions and civil society organizations. A former journalist, he holds a Master’s of Global Affairs from the University of Toronto, with a specialization in Environmental Studies.
Political headwinds means death to some climate policies. Others may survive.
An electorally-vulnerable climate policy must recognize it is easier to build political coalitions around concrete, specific projects that provide more jobs, more public goods and a lower cost of living, rather than creating obscure, diffuse benefits. Photo by Trinh Trần/Pexels