Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals

This guide, published by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, details greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada by sector and region. It outlines national commitments under the Paris Agreement, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, and provides a detailed breakdown of emissions trends and per capita data for each province and territory as of 2016.

• Canada committed to an economy-wide target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% relative to 2005 levels by the year 2030, which corresponds to an absolute level of 513 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2eq).
• Between 1990 and 2016, total Canadian GHG emissions increased by nearly 17%, primarily driven by the oil and gas sector (+16%) and the transportation sector (+7%).
• The oil and gas sector is the largest contributor to Canadian emissions, while transportation is the second-largest, accounting for 25% of national GHG emissions in 2016.
• Canada is among the top ten global emitters on an absolute basis and is one of the world's highest per-capita emitters, ranking in the top three globally.
• There is significant regional variation in emissions; Alberta and Ontario together are responsible for 60% of Canada's total emissions, with Alberta being the highest emitting province.
• The electricity sector has seen substantial emission declines nationally, particularly in Ontario, where the government completed a phase-out of coal-fired generation by 2014.

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} }