• Funderpants @lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    I’m not trying to be a dick, but this kind of leading question bugs me because it is something you could have tried to find an answer for by clicking through to the report.

    https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/pdf/climate-change/climate-plan/erp-pr/2023 Progress Report - FINAL - EN.pdf

    Anyway, I’m not going to answer your question for you. I’m really interested in this bit on page 26

    Based on data from Canada’s most recent NIR and Emissions Projections Report (EPR), Canada’s GHG emissions peaked in 2007. This represents a significant accomplishment, given that in 2015, as reported in Canada’s Second Biennial Report to the UNFCCC, Canada’s emissions were projected to be 2.2% above 2005 levels in 2020, and to continue to grow, reaching 9% above 2005 levels by 2030.1 In contrast, the most recent NIR indicated that Canada’s 2020 emissions were 10% below 2005 levels, which does not include the accounting contribution from the LULUCF sector or credits purchased by Québec from California under the Western Climate Initiative (WCI). If the LULUCF and WCI contributions were included, Canada’s emissions are estimated to have fallen by about 16% below 2005 levels by 2020, very near to Canada’s 2020 target of 17%.

    Under the last CPC government, we were not only off track to meet our 2020 goals, but worse, we were on track to start increasing our GHG emissions. But since 2015, we reversed the trend and are now on track to actually meet our targets.