#COP26TinyExplainer – The Federal-Municipal Black Hole with Allison Ashcroft

The federal government has big plans and cities and municipalities are where the climate action is - you'd think they need to work pretty closely together. But “It’s fairly limited,” Allison Ashcroft a veteran practitioner says. “Procedurally, there’s little to no direct engagement between ministers and elected officials,” nor between policy staff at key federal governments and practitioners in local government. Allison has worked with cities across Canada. She says closer collaboration could accelerate climate action significantly and dramatically reduce waste and redundancy. Mitchell Beer of The Energy Mix talks to Allison Ashcroft on this edition of #COP26TinyExplainers. Follow the series and learn more at theenergymix.com and greenenergyfutures.ca