Seth Klein
Columnist | Vancouver |
English
About Seth Klein
Seth Klein is the team lead and director of strategy with the Climate Emergency Unit. Prior to that, he served for 22 years as the founding director of the British Columbia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Canada’s foremost social justice think tank. He is now a freelance policy consultant, speaker, researcher and writer, and author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. Seth is an adjunct professor with Simon Fraser University’s urban studies program and remains a research associate with the CCPA’s B.C. office.
Reflections on mandates, from COVID to climate
There are similarities when it comes to COVID and climate mandates. Both require listening to scientists and health experts, and both confront an assault of misinformation, writes Seth Klein.
Where is Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on the climate emergency?
If the finance minister really wanted to show us that she understands and is ready to lead on the climate emergency, what would she do? asks columnist Seth Klein. He has a few suggestions.
Canada versus the IPCC: Do nothing by halves which can be done by quarters
I am a political optimist by nature. I keep wanting to believe our federal government has turned a corner — that it has seen the light on the climate emergency and is ready to shift into high gear, writes columnist Seth Klein.
Liberal-NDP deal no match for the climate emergency
We face a climate emergency — that is the existential threat of our time that must be decisively tackled in the three-year life of this agreement. And this agreement does not spell out an emergency plan, writes columnist Seth Klein.
The urgent need to cap oil and gas sector emissions: Seth Klein’s testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources
"We pride ourselves on being climate leaders, yet we have been highly resistant to tackling our role as global producers of fossil fuels," writes Seth Klein.
FortisBC doubles down on nefarious efforts to block electrification
The pledge to provide new buildings with 100 per cent renewable gas is a fiction, an imaginary and arbitrary assignment, writes columnist Seth Klein.
The throne speech Premier John Horgan means to give
Columnist Seth Klein believes he has had a sneak peek at the B.C. government's Feb. 8 throne speech. Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink.
Getting off gas: A how-to guide to get fossil fuels out of your home
From the get-go, driven by concern for the climate emergency, we knew we wanted to get the gas out of our home.
The climate throne speech Prime Minister Trudeau means to give
What would be the best speech from the throne Canadians could hear later this month? Here's an imaginary take on one that would put Canada on a path to replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy right away.