If Canada is to align with the global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, which aims to phase out fossil fuels in line with Paris Agreement targets, Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) target of a 45% reduction below 2005 levels requires an immediate overhaul and strong implementation. Canada has made progress, yet often struggles to...
AI’s success depends on ensuring that AI expansion is matched by rapid, clean-energy infrastructure development. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become both a mixed blessing and a mixed blessing regarding climate change. UNEP calls attention to its ability to detect patterns in data and uses historical knowledge to predict future outcomes, for example, to accurately predict...
Earlier 2026 projections to reduce emissions by 20% below the 2005 level are now expected to reach 16%, continuing 2023 trends unless major policy changes occur.Canada issued its second Progress Report on Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan under the Canadian Carbon Neutrality Accountability Act in December 2025. Federal government data is always reported two years...
Tensions between economic development and climate mitigation policies reflect climate mitigation’s changing status as a national policy priority. Most countries face a policy and cost tension between investments in climate change versus economic development. Canada is no different. On November 7, Prime Minister Carney confirmed that Canada’s economic development priorities involve over $1 trillion over the...
Public Safety Canada reports rising sea levels are impacting property and infrastructure values through damage, making insurance unaffordable or unavailable for high-risk homes.The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH) states that the Atlantic coast, the Beaufort Sea coast, and Metro Vancouver are the regions most exposed to rising sea levels in Canada. The Centre...
Oil and gas emissions have risen at record production levels, offsetting any emissions reductions in other sectors like transportation (still at levels from 20 years ago) and buildings. Political forces affecting Canada’s status on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) reduction have been influenced heavily recently by: Political leadership – Parliament reconvened May 16, following an April...
Approximately 15% of Canada’s electricity comes from nuclear power. For several years, Canada has been a leader in nuclear research and technology, exporting reactor systems developed in Canada, as well as a significant proportion of the world’s supply of radioisotopes used in medical diagnosis and cancer therapy. The World Nuclear Association (WNA) reported in January...
A recent July poll from Leger & National Post (2025) informed our new Liberal government (April 28) that climate change is a lesser priority challenge, ranking it in eighth place. In recent months, Canadian priorities appear to have changed on climate concerns. A recent July poll from Leger & National Post (2025) let our new...
A new 2035 NDC report was submitted to the UNFCCC in February to highlight new actions aimed at achieving Canada’s emissions reduction target of 45-50% below 2005 levels by 2035 (updated in December 2024 from 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030). Canada’s Parliament was prorogued on January 6, 2025, to hold a federal election. Prorogation...
Gordon McBean: Leading Canadian Expert on Arctic Climate, Driving Action for a Resilient Future Professor Gordon McBean is a scientific leader on climate change and disaster risk reduction. He is a noted expert on Arctic climate and weather, climate change, meteorology, and natural hazards. From 1970 to 1988, he was a scientist with Environment Canada....
