À quoi reconnaît-on le progrès climatique ?

The author contends that while national emission targets under the Paris Agreement are useful for policy, they are not tangible or easily understood by the general public. To make climate progress more visible and accountable, the Canadian Climate Institute will begin tracking specific technology adoption metrics, such as electric vehicle and heat pump sales, which provide a more concrete measure of the energy transition than megatonnes of carbon.

• Measuring progress solely through greenhouse gas emission reductions, as established by the Paris Agreement and Canada's Canadian Net-Zero Accountability Act, is an ineffective way to communicate success to the general public because such measures are not tangible or easy to understand.
• The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) serves as a concrete indicator of climate progress; global sales of new EVs rose from less than 1% at the time of the Paris Agreement to over 25% currently. The International Energy Agency estimated that EVs replaced over 1.3 million barrels of oil per day in 2024, with this figure expected to exceed 5 million barrels per day by 2030.
• Heat pumps have transitioned from a marginal technology in 2015 to outselling gas boilers in the United States and other regions, providing a visible and efficient alternative to natural gas heating.
• The Canadian Climate Institute will begin monitoring progress indicators such as electric vehicle and heat pump sales to realign the climate debate on a positive axis and hold governments accountable, specifically regarding the federal goal that 75% of new vehicles sold be electric by 2035.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2026). À quoi reconnaît-on le progrès climatique ? https://institutclimatique.ca/a-quoi-reconnait-on-le-progres-climatique/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. À quoi reconnaît-on le progrès climatique ? 2026. https://institutclimatique.ca/a-quoi-reconnait-on-le-progres-climatique/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Canadian Climate Institute |title=À quoi reconnaît-on le progrès climatique ? |date=16 March 2026 |url=https://institutclimatique.ca/a-quoi-reconnait-on-le-progres-climatique/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{canadianclimateinstitute2026quoi, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{À quoi reconnaît-on le progrès climatique ?}}, publisher = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2026}, month = mar, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/a-quoi-reconnait-on-le-progres-climatique/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }