Call to Province: Center recovery on people and the planet

K’JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – Adapting to COVID-19 has been an unprecedented challenge for all levels of government. The Ecology Action Centre acknowledges and thanks the provincial government for its efforts to protect the health and well-being of Nova Scotians in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

The next challenge is our recovery. Our obligations to the environment remain—and this is an important moment to align economic stimulus programs with core environmental objectives through a lens of just recovery that ensures no one is left behind.

“Together we can reimagine and rebuild the economy while ensuring our environment and our communities are secure, healthy and resilient” says Marla MacLeod, Director of Programs.

EAC's letter to the provincial government encourages investment in a sustainable economy; measures to increase community food security; building active, resilient, and complete communities; and protecting our ecosystems to strengthen resiliency to future crises.

The letter includes recommendations to supply 90% of Nova Scotia’s electricity needs with renewable energy by 2030, invest in relocalizing our food system, and protecting land, coasts and oceans.

“As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, we will still be facing the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss,” MacLeod says. “This is the moment to create a better normal for our communities, our province, and the planet.”

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