Canada Pension Plan Investments has dropped a net-zero by 2050 target for carbon emissions, according to an annual report released on Wednesday, following several Canadian financial institutions that have backtracked on climate commitments.

Several major Canadian banks, including BMO, TD Bank and CIBC, have also backtracked on climate commitments this year, announcing they were leaving a Net-Zero Banking Alliance backed by the United Nations.

  • assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    But my province literally is on fire - that’s not hyperbolic. We have 20,000 people being evacuated as their towns are (your favorite!) literally burning down.

    The guy I replied to is the one who started using the word “literally”:

    Because the world wouldn’t be literally on fire, that’s hyperbole.

    My province is literally on fire.

    1. “Nothing is literally on fire.”
    2. “My province is literally on fire.”
    3. “You’re being hyperbolic because you used the word literally”
    4. ???