By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer Amid the swirl of intensifying climate disasters, surging renewable potential and the mounting economic risks of inaction, a question looms: will Mark Carney’s legacy be that of a clean energy champion, or the leader who missed our last best chance? Our shared home, Earth, has entered a new era: the Anthropocene, shaped not by natural forces, but by human influence on the atmosphere, the oceans, the land and the climate. Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has steadily warmed the planet. Each of the last four decades has been hotter than the one before it, leading us to 2024: the hottest year ever recorded, and an immediate reminder of the life-altering path we’re on. In 2024, global temperatures reached about 1.52…
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