Election 2019: Comparing the federal parties’ climate change commitments
This election, the stakes are high. The incoming government will have
a direct hand in putting Canada on track to do its part to limit the
global temperature increase to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels (the
target towards which countries agreed to strive under the Paris
Agreement). Or it will leave us on a collision course with climate
catastrophe.
a direct hand in putting Canada on track to do its part to limit the
global temperature increase to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels (the
target towards which countries agreed to strive under the Paris
Agreement). Or it will leave us on a collision course with climate
catastrophe.
How do the different parties intend to tackle the climate emergency?
To find out, Ecojustice is keeping track of the major parties’ climate
commitments as they happen*, and evaluating them according to three
criteria: