Canada’s Kyoto Targets Unreachable; Government’s Climate Change Plan Overly Optimistic, NRTEE Says

Published by: System
in Climate Change, Issue 13 & 14, Volume 17

           It is impossible for Canada to reach the greenhouse gas-reduction targets the country committed to in the Kyoto treaty, says a federal government advisory group.

           At the same time, the Stephen Harper government’s climate change plan overestimates the amount of emissions reductions the plan will achieve, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) says in a report to government.

           The federal government’s Climate Change Plan and Statement “will result in carbon emission reductions during the 2008-12 period,” although it’s likely the plan “overestimates the extent of emission reductions . . .,” the NRTEE says in its report. “With respect…


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