2023 was the warmest year on record for the planet. Gordon McBean, Western professor emeritus recognized for his many global efforts as well states: “Canada, with its large land mass, much at higher northern latitudes, is warming twice as fast as the global average – and the Canadian Arctic, three to four times faster.” Adding...
Environmental Defence has been a leading non-partisan Canadian environmental advocacy organization for 35 years. It works with government, industry, and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate, and healthy communities. Major issues this organization has tackled include Canada’s $18.6 billion in fossil fuel subsidies, carbon capture and storage not being the solution, the need...
Canada has a carbon pricing system to recognize the cost of pollution. It makes it more expensive to use fossil fuels; the more you pollute, the more you pay. Carbon pricing is recognized globally as the most efficient means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It works because when fossil fuels cost more, people use less...
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce emissions in their country’s government over the past year. Below is a copy of the letter sent to each nominee and why they were chosen to receive this award.Canada 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Honourable Steven...
There are an unprecedented number of elections in countries worldwide scheduled for 2024. In Canada, a federal election must be held before October 20, 2025, under the fixed-date statutory provisions of the Canada Elections Act. The Act requires a federal election be held on the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year after...
Ecojustice (Canada’s largest environmental law charity) explains that choosing between a healthy environment and a strong economy is a flawed lens through which we’ve been conditioned to view the challenges Canada faces when it comes to industrial development, protecting the well-being of communities, and preserving our natural heritage. A healthy environment supports a sustainable economy...
A proposed Federal Nature Accountability Bill: Canada’s pledge (2022) to protect a third of Canada’s land and water by 2030 is legislation. As Scorecard looks back on 2023, Canada’s adaptation strategy (2022) appears underfunded, and its mitigation strategy (2022) needs faster implementation to reach the 1.5 C target. Each year, Canada’s COP28 announcements intensify the...
OTTAWA Canada’s Climate Atlas affirms over 80% of Canadians live in cities and towns. This dense concentration of people, government, business, infrastructure, and economic resources makes cities a powerful source of resilience and resourcefulness in taking action on climate change. A mid-size Canadian city that stands out for climate action is Ottawa. Their plan and...
The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change House of Common, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Steven.Guilbeault@parl.gc.ca Hello Sir, My name is Diane Szoller. I am Canada’s Country Manager for Climate Scorecard, a non-profit organization that monitors the climate policies and programs of leading greenhouse gas-emitting countries. Visit (https://www.climatescorecard.org/canada/).Seeing your commitments and progress...
ACCESS TO DATA Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, Canada adopted 2005 as the base year for its greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) reduction target and submits an inventory annually to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by April 15 of each year, as required. As it takes over a year to compile,...
