Canadian MP Laurel Collins: ‘Climate Emergencies Are Not Gender Neutral’

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COLLINS: “I hope you’ll forgive me if I get emotional. Climate emergencies are not gender neutral. The degradation of ecosystems disproportionately impacts women and girls, and I am wildly emotional. This is the existential crisis of our time. And to hear that asking for high ambition is climate hysteria, that makes me wildly emotional, absolutely. You know, when I think about my womb, the two children that I bore from that womb, and what future we are leaving them, I am wildly emotional. And it’s not surprising to hear this from someone who has written articles that are pro-life. I think that we need to think about the intersection of gender and the climate crisis. And I hope that the people around this table and the people listening will refrain from using language like 'climate hysteria.' We are facing a climate emergency."