MUN’s Harris Centre has released a special edition of its Vital Signs checkup on the overall state of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The annual report usually assesses the current health of the province with a prognosis for the future.
But with the worlds of climate change, energy transition and global supply strains all colliding at once, this year’s checkup found blunt and sobering vitals that call for serious and immediate intervention.
The latest report was prepared parallel with Forecast NL, a deeper dialogue and discussion with the public and experts provincewide on the real and current impact of climate change on the economy, environment and everyday living.
From the effects of Fiona, to the burning in central this summer, to the thaw that’s upsetting the natural way in Labrador, the report concludes the time for hope and empty optimism has long passed us by.
Instead, the authors say it is time for a serious sea change in thought and action, adding one way or another there must be sacrifices to stabilize the vitals.
The only question then, the report concludes, is whether we suck it up now, or pay the greater price later.
This is the eighth edition of the Harris Centre’s Vital Signs report, this year completed in conjunction with the Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
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— Brian Callahan (@briancallahan67) November 29, 2022