Canada Climate Goals

• Ottawa unveils draft rules to clean Canada’s electricity grid

  The regulations would drive up the cost of energy slightly, but federal officials say that would be offset by the savings expected to come from moving away from fossil fuels.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2023
  
• Canada can’t meet climate goals without faster approvals for major projects: report

  A new report says says Canada's current regulatory system for large-scale infrastructure projects is 'complex, fractured and frustrating.'

  Environment

  Jun 15, 2023
  
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• Climate change could hit Canada’s GDP by 6% over long term, new report warns

  A report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer projects that continuing changes to weather patterns from emissions could cut Canada’s real GDP by 5.8 per cent by 2100.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
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• Ottawa’s goal to cut emissions from fertilizer use may take longer, farm groups say

  Government figures suggest fertilizer accounts for a growing share of the 10 per cent of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2022
• Canada considers tightening greenhouse gas targets for international shipping

  A committee of the International Maritime Organization, which sets the rules for the high seas, is debating a resolution to set a net-zero target for international shipping by 2050

  Environment

  Nov 23, 2021
• COP26: Canada commits to zero-emission cars, shipping routes in latest climate pledges

  Canada is among 19 countries promising to eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions from some international shipping routes at the COP26 climate talks.

  Environment

  Nov 10, 2021
• Guilbeault says he is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about UN climate summit

  International officials are set to meet in Scotland starting Sunday as they try to ramp up efforts to curb climate change amid mounting tensions over failed funding promises.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2021
• Many Canadians unaware of ‘magnitude of challenge’ in reaching 2050 climate goals

  The federal government has released its long-term climate strategy with a caution that most Canadians - while sympathetic to the cause - don't yet understand the "magnitude of the challenge."

  Environment

  Nov 18, 2016