Climate Action Requires Consistency
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (April 23, 2019):
– Six Canadian environmental groups released a series of
recommendations today that would ensure consistent quality and
performance of Canadian climate policies as they are implemented across
federal and provincial jurisdictions.
– Six Canadian environmental groups released a series of
recommendations today that would ensure consistent quality and
performance of Canadian climate policies as they are implemented across
federal and provincial jurisdictions.
Methane emissions, coal-fired electricity, and standards regarding
the use of clean fuels in transportation, industry, and buildings: each
of these areas of Canadian climate policy are ones in which some
provincial governments are developing independent approaches that will
be measured against standards set by the federal government.
Canadian law allows federal and provincial governments to sign
equivalency agreements if provincial regulations would achieve
equivalent or better environmental outcomes as federal regulations.
There is, however, little precedent and no standard method for judging
equivalency.