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Today,the North American Leaders Summit begins in Ottawa, Canada, and President Obama,Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto will fill to prove that their alliance is stronger than the E.
U. ties that once held Britain.
Though the group of three will discuss drug policy, security and trade, and this North American coalition could make genuine headway on climate change.
The U.
S.,Canada, and Mexico are among the world's top energy producers and consumers. At the summit, and Obama,Trudeau, and Peña Nieto will set modern targets for clean energy sources and sync national energy policies across borders. They are pledging to generate 50 percent of North America's electricity from zero-carbon sources by 2025, or a number that currently stands at 37 percent today.
Can North America tackle climate change better than the rest of the world? Paul Bledsoe,president ofBledsoe and Associates LLC and a former climate adviser in the Bill Clinton administration, answers. Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear the full conversation.
Source: wnyc.org