Andrew Leach (masanin tattalin arziki)

**Andrew Leach** masanin tattalin arziki ne na Kanada  kuma marubuci ne mai ba da gudummawa ga wasu kafofin watsa labarai na Kanada ciki har da The *Globe da Mail*, da *Maclean's* . Yankunan bincikensa sun haɗa da makamashi da tattalin arzikin muhalli - gami da batutuwa kamar tsarin yashi na mai, sabbin makamashi masu tsabta, tare da takamaiman mayar da hankali kan manufofin canjin yanayi.

## Ilimi
Bayan kammala digiri na farko na Kimiyya (B.Sc.) a Kimiyya ta Muhalli da MA (Tattalin Arziki) daga Jami'ar Guelph, ya sami Ph.D. a tattalin arziki daga Jami'an Sarauniya.

## Farkon aiki
Bayan kammala Ph.D. a Jami'ar Queens, an nada Leach a matsayin mataimakin farfesa a HEC Montreal, mukamin da ya rike na tsawon shekaru uku. Ya koma Jami'ar Alberta a shekara ta 2006.

## Ayyuka
Leach Farfesa ne na Tattalin Arziki da Shari'a a Jami'ar Alberta inda yake koyar da darussan a fannin tattalin arzikin muhalli da makamashi, dokar muhalli le dokar amfani. A cikin 2012-2013, a kan hutu daga Jami'ar Alberta a matsayin Masanin Ziyarci, Leach ya shafe shekara guda a Muhalli Kanada yana aiki a kan "ka'idojin gas na greenhouse don bangaren mai da gas".

Leach ya kasance Shugaban Kwamitin Jagoran Canjin Yanayi na Alberta a shekarar 2015. 

## Binciken ilimi
Babban sha'awar bincikensa na ilimi sun haɗa da manufofin canjin yanayi, manufofin makamashi ciki har da ka'idojin yashi mai mai da sababbin abubuwa da manufofi da suka shafi makamashi mai tsabta. Ya "yi shawarwari ga Muhalli Kanada, National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), Auditor Janar na Alberta, Alberta Environment, Alberta Finance and Enterprise, da Alberta Energy".

## Siyasa

### Manufofin fitarwa da farashi
A cikin bita game da shawarwarin manufofi na 2011 na dan takarar shugabancin NDP na lokacin, shirin Thomas Mulcair na yaki da canjin yanayi, Leach ya ce shirin Mulcair na rufe hayaki na GHG bai isa ba, saboda ya ba da fifiko sosai ga masu gurɓata masana'antu kuma bai isa ya lissafa hayaki na hayaki na iskar gas na tushen makamashi ba ko " hayaki na ƙasa" wanda ke da alaƙa da man fetur da aka yi amfani da shi don dumama gine-gine, motsa motoci da manyan motoci, da kuma gudanar da tractors. "  "GGHG hayaki ba ya mai da hankali tsakanin manyan, masana'antu kamar yadda yawancin mutane ke tunani. "Ya ce "aikin noma (74Mt / shekara), gine-gine (80Mt / shekara, sufuri (164Mt / shekara) da sharar gida (54Mt / shekaru) sun ba da asusun sama da rabin GHGs na Kanada". Ya kara da cewa "hasarar masana'antu da ke da alaƙa da samar da wutar lantarki (126 Mt) da man fetur da iskar gas (153 Mt) " sun samar da "amfani da gida, ba fitarwa ba.[ed] "

## A cikin kafofin watsa labarai
Leach marubuciya ce mai ba da gudummawa ga Maclean's da The Globe and Mail .

The ECO ya ambaci kididdigar Leach a cikin labarin Janairu 1, 2011 "Muck da tagulla: yashi na tar na Kanada", wanda ya kwatanta bayanan da aka samu daga masu ilimin muhalli, masana kimiyya, da 'yan wasan masana'antar mai, gami da Kungiyar Masu samar da Man Fetur ta Kanada (CAPP). CAPP ta ce a shekara ta 2011, yashi mai ya samar da kashi 5% kawai na CO2 na Kanada wanda a wannan lokacin yana wakiltar kusan 0.1% na jimlar duniya. Leach ya ce yashi na mai "yana haifar da kimanin C $ 500 na darajar da aka kara a kowace tan na CO2, a kan C $ 20-30 daga tashoshin wutar lantarki na kwal".

A cikin wani labarin Edmonton Journal na 26 ga Yuni, 2015 an bayyana Leach a matsayin "mai daraja", "mai ilimin kafofin watsa labarai" da kuma "masanin kimiyyar muhalli" - wanda aka sani da "tsarin muhalli na muhalli' - wanda fahimtar masana'antar makamashi ya fi na "manyan manyan jami'ai a cikin man fetur".  Labarin ya ce Leach "ya san yadda ƙarin kudin da masana'antar za ta iya ɗauka don hana fitarwa ba tare da ya sa shi ba da gasa ba".  Gwamnatin lardin NDP Alberta ta karɓar sabon tsarin sauyin yanayi na 2015". Leach ya yi kira ga "yanayin wasa wanda ke hana karin hayaki, komai inda suka fito" amma ba ya "haluka" yashi na mai. A wata hira da Gary Lamphier a watan Maris na shekara ta 2015, Leach ya ce masana'antar makamashi ta Alberta "dole ne ta fitar da kanta daga cikin man fetur ko ta biya farashin rashin aiki... Idan muka yi imanin cewa tattalin arzikin muna da shi ne kawai saboda za mu iya gurɓata ba tare da biyan shi ba, ko kuma ba tare da ramawa ga lalacewar da ke haifar da ita ba, wannan matsala ce ta gaske. " Leach ya yi imanin gore tilasta ka'idojin muhalli ya zama dole. Leach ya ce yayin da Farashin carbon shine "watakila hanya mafi tsada don cimma wani sakamako", yana da iyaka. Leach ya ce farashin carbon ba lallai ba ne kuma ba tare da wani sharadi ba zai "yi sakamako mafi kyau" fiye da ka'ida ko ƙwanƙwasawa da kasuwanci. Leach ya ce "tsarin rage fitar da hayaki mai inganci" wanda ya haɗa da duk abubuwan da ke cikin "sabon tsarin kasafin kuɗi na Alberta, daga haraji zuwa harajin carbon" don yashi na mai ya zama dole don "tsaron sabbin kasuwanni" da manyan saka hannun jari don "manyan 'yan wasa' a masana'antar mai ta Alberta.

### Zaben tarayya na 2019: kwatanta shirye-shiryen yanayi
Daga Yuli zuwa Oktoba 2019, jerin CBC masu taken "Zaɓen 2019: Ƙididdigar ƙasa game da canjin yanayi"  sun ƙunshi labaran biyar na Leach wanda ya kwatanta shirye-shiryen yanayi da jam'iyyun tarayya ke gudana a Zaben tarayya na Kanada na 2019 suka gabatar - Green Party, karkashin jagorancin Elizabeth Mayu,  Jam'iyyar Conservative, karkashin jagoranci Andrew Scheer,  New Democratic Party, karkashin jagorantar Jagmeet Singh,  Jam'iyyar Liberal Party karkashin jagorancin Firayim Minista Justin Trudeau,  tare da ta ƙarshe a ranar 10 ga Oktoba.

Leach ya rubuta wani labarin Chatelaine na 4 ga Oktoba, 2019 tare da masanin kimiyya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Canjin Yanayi (IPCC), Katherine Hayhoe, yana kwatanta jam'iyyun tarayya guda huɗu.

Leach ya sake nazarin labaran da aka buga a kan layi ta hanyar "kamfanin kare makamashi", Cibiyar Makamashi ta Kanada da ke Calgary, wacce gwamnatin Alberta ke tallafawa.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Leach ya yi aure kuma yana da 'ya'ya biyu. Yana aiki a shafin yanar gizon makamashi da yanayi mai taken "Ceto da kwaya"  da kuma Twitter. 

## Manazarta