Tabler sur le succès : la norme sur les carburants à faible teneur en carbone de la Colombie-Britannique

The British Columbia Low Carbon Fuel Standard has reduced annual transport emissions by an average of 6% from 2010 to 2020 and is projected to meet 31% of the province's 2030 reduction goals. The author proposes two main modifications: expanding the scope to include aviation and marine fuels—which are expected to represent 51% of transport emissions by 2050—and allowing compliance credits for direct air capture with permanent storage. To succeed, the document argues the province must address incentive gaps that currently favor renewable diesel over low-carbon jet fuels, account for indirect land-use change in carbon footprint calculations to support advanced biofuels, and expand the geographic eligibility of direct air capture projects beyond provincial borders to accelerate deployment and reduce costs.

• The British Columbia Low Carbon Fuel Standard is a highly effective policy that reduced annual transport greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 6% between 2010 and 2020 and is expected to contribute to 31% of the province's 2030 reduction targets.
• Proposed modifications to include aviation and marine fuels are critical because these sectors are estimated to account for 51% of British Columbia's transport greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
• Current incentives create a disadvantage for low-carbon jet fuels compared to renewable diesel due to differences in energy density and reference carbon intensity, leading to fewer credits and lower economic gains for jet fuel producers.
• The failure to include indirect land-use change emissions in carbon footprint calculations hinders the development of advanced biofuels by ignoring the emissions from traditional biofuels competing for arable land.
• Restricting direct air capture credits to projects within British Columbia may slow technological progress; the author suggests following California's example by supporting projects beyond provincial borders, noting that Alberta and Saskatchewan have greater carbon storage capacity.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2022). Tabler sur le succès : la norme sur les carburants à faible teneur en carbone de la Colombie-Britannique. https://institutclimatique.ca/tabler-sur-le-succes-la-norme-sur-les-carburants-a-faible-teneur-en-carbone-de-la-colombie-britannique/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. Tabler sur le succès : la norme sur les carburants à faible teneur en carbone de la Colombie-Britannique. 2022. https://institutclimatique.ca/tabler-sur-le-succes-la-norme-sur-les-carburants-a-faible-teneur-en-carbone-de-la-colombie-britannique/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{canadianclimateinstitute2022tabler, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{Tabler sur le succès : la norme sur les carburants à faible teneur en carbone de la Colombie-Britannique}}, publisher = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2022}, month = jun, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/tabler-sur-le-succes-la-norme-sur-les-carburants-a-faible-teneur-en-carbone-de-la-colombie-britannique/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }