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Transforming the legal landscape. We're a nonprofit org safeguarding the environment through legal solutions that bridge Indigenous & Canadian law. Since 1974🌱
Nov 16, 2021 15 tweets 11 min read
We understand the anger against politicians at #COP26 for delivering a weak, inadequate #ClimateChange agreement. But blaming individual decision-makers ignores the fact that the system rewards failure. Here’s how we tackle that reality. 🧵 (1/15) Here’s the problem: the profits of the #FossilFuel economy are kept largely separate from its costs. That means that countries/companies/investors who generate products and burn fuels that cause #ClimateChange pocket the profits while others pay the price. 💵 (2/15)