Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses who have joined us this afternoon. There is much to be discussed and much to learn as we go through this process, so thank you for your interventions today.
I was very interested in the comments by both Dr. Burch and Dr. Anand with regard to the societal buy-in—if you want to call it that—or collaboration as we move towards net-zero emissions and the impacts that we have to consider in getting societal change to take part in reaching net zero. We are creatures of habit, as I've said many times during this study, and it takes all levels, from the individual up to the federal government, to make sure that we all work together towards reaching net zero.
Bill C-12 certainly answers the urgency that Canadians have put forward to us on climate change, and we certainly hope that Bill C-12 displays the ambition that we want to put forward. We appreciate all of your contributions to making sure that we do have the ambition of Canadians as we do this.
Dr. Anand, I'd like to ask you about the impacts we're already seeing on the environment and the ecosystems from climate change. What will be the ecological consequences if we don't achieve net zero?