{"id":269630,"date":"2021-07-19T10:31:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T14:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/issues\/how-canada-intends-to-achieve-its-2030-emissions-targets\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:37:33","slug":"how-canada-intends-to-achieve-its-2030-emissions-targets","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2021\/07\/how-canada-intends-to-achieve-its-2030-emissions-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"How Canada intends to achieve its 2030 emissions targets"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the 2015 Paris Agreement on combatting global warming, about 190 parties<\/a> to the agreement pledged nationally determined contributions (NDCs) that outlined the actions they would take to keep the increase in global average temperature below 2C compared with pre-industrial levels. Canada, the world\u2019s 10th-largest emitter<\/a> of greenhouse gases in 2019, committed to a 30 per cent reduction in its emissions from all sources from 2005 levels by 2030. The challenge will be how it will do that, given its poor reputation on climate change and its unambitious reduction targets.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Canada emitted 730 megatonnes (Mt) of greenhouse gases<\/a>, making its 2030 target 511 Mt. Between 2005 and 2018 (the most recent year for which statistics are available), Canada\u2019s emissions had fallen by just one megatonne to 729 Mt<\/a> (see figure 1). How then, is it expecting to reduce emissions by a further 218 Mt by 2030 to meet its NDC commitments?<\/p>\n