Without federal action, Canada will miss easiest, cheapest opportunity to reduce climate emissions
Reducing methane emissions is a key element of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. Government documents show that Canada already has a significant gap (77 million tonnes of GHGs ) to achieve its Paris Agreement commitment.
Canada’s climate policy commits to strengthening 2030 emission targets and working towards net-zero emissions by 2050. While correcting course to meet the 2025 target, there is also an opportunity to plan for a more ambitious 2030 target. But Canada cannot achieve any of these goals without stronger methane emission regulations that take into account this new evidence.