Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals

The report details Canada's greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2016, highlighting that while overall emissions grew nearly 17%, the oil and gas and transportation sectors were the primary drivers. It examines the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change and provides a detailed breakdown of emissions by province and territory, noting significant per capita disparities between jurisdictions like Alberta and Quebec.

• Between 1990 and 2016, total greenhouse gas emissions in Canada increased by nearly 17%, primarily due to growth in the transportation (+7%) and oil and gas (+16%) sectors.
• The oil and gas sector is the largest source of emissions in Canada, with a significant surge in unconventional oil production, particularly bitumen from Alberta's oil sands.
• Transportation is the second-largest contributor to national emissions, accounting for 25% of the total. While passenger transport's share fell from 57% in 1990 to 54% in 2016, freight transport emissions rose from 26% to 41% in the same period.
• Canada's per capita emissions are among the highest globally, outranking the United States, Russia, Japan, China, India, and the European Union. Per capita emissions decreased from 22.7 t CO2eq in 2005 to 19.4 t CO2eq in 2016, though this is attributed more to population growth than policy-driven cuts.
• There is extreme variation in emissions across provinces; Alberta and Ontario together produce 60% of Canada's total emissions. Alberta is the highest absolute emitter, while Quebec has the lowest per capita emissions at 9.4 t CO2eq.
• Canada committed under the Paris Agreement to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 30% relative to 2005 levels by 2030, which equals an absolute level of 513 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
• The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF) is the national plan to meet targets, based on four pillars: carbon pricing, complementary mitigation actions, climate adaptation and resilience measures, and clean technology investments.

APA

Plumptre, B. (2019). Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Module-4-NEW-.pdf#new_tab

Chicago

Plumptre, Bora. Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, 2019. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Module-4-NEW-.pdf#new_tab.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{plumptre2019climate, author = {Plumptre, Bora}, title = {{Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals}}, institution = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2019}, month = apr, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Module-4-NEW-.pdf#new_tab}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }