Cities need to set goals based in science to mitigate climate change: expert

Edmonton will have to set goals grounded in scientific fact if it wants to do its part to slow climate change.
“We have to have science-based standards because (climate change) is a threat to human civilization,” said Mark Watts, executive director of C40 cities, a climate leadership group. “Let’s not play it down.”
Watts was speaking after a special city council session held Friday ahead of an International Climate Change Science Conference, which is being hosted b