In its annual emissions report, made public this morning, the Canadian Climate Institute said the country's emissions were cut by 0.8 per cent in 2023, to a total of 702 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. DON'T MISS:East Coast cows...
The abnormally hot temperatures Canada experienced in 2023 are projected to be common by the 2050s, the study said. This is likely to lead to severe fires across the 347 million hectares (857 million acres) of woodlands that Ca...
In just a few months of 2023, Canada’s wildfires unleashed more carbon than nearly every country emits in an entire year. This staggering surge of emissions thrust Canada into the spotlight as the nation became one of the top carbon-emitting countries f
Canada's extraordinary year of wildfire finally appears to be slowing down, leaving behind a weighty legacy of charred northerly forests, acrid smoke and a huge pulse of carbon emissions that will have reverberations for the climate around the world. Fire ravaged Canada in 2023 like no other ...
Emissions from 2023’s Canadian wildfires reached 647 million metric tons of carbon—the equivalent of the world’s fourth-highest emitter, following only China, the US, and India, if the fires were a country. The sky-high emissions from the fires reveals how human activities ...
Most economists agree that carbon pricing is the most effective way to reduce emissions, and business leaders generally prefer it. “From an economist’s kind of thinking, it is just the most efficient way to reduce emissions with the least government interference or mandates or r...
Most economists agree that carbon pricing is the most effective way to reduce emissions, and business leaders generally prefer it. “From an economist’s kind of thinking, it is just the most efficient way to reduce emissions with the least government interference or mandates...
This is the first Emissions Reduction Plan issued under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act. Progress under the plan will be reviewed in progress reports produced in 2023, 2025, and 2027. Additional targets and plans will be developed for 2035 through to 2050.■...
The PBO estimated an additional price on carbon after 2023 would cut emissions more and at a lower cost to the economy than the current fuel charge. The office notes that the estimates were made based on existing policies, and Environment and Climate Change Canada has said the effects of s...
"It just focuses on emissions. And if you can reduce emissions, you pay a lower price. So it's very simple. It doesn't pick and choose favourites, doesn't pick and choose sectors. It lets the market do all of the work." The Liberals have both carbon pricing and ...