Comment connaître l'efficacité du plan climatique du Canada
Summary
The Canadian Climate Institute argues that for the federal government's progress report on the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan to be effective, it must provide exhaustive updates on policy implementation, emissions forecasts based on concrete policies rather than extrapolations, transparent modeling assumptions, and a commitment to developing a comprehensive set of progress indicators.
Key insights
- The progress report should include a comprehensive review of all policies and measures from the March 2022 Emissions Reduction Plan and any introduced in the following 18 months, detailing implementation progress, deviations from goals, and mitigation plans for strategic, technical, financial, or regulatory risks.
- Emissions forecasts for 2026 and 2030 must be based on legislated or developing policies with known rigor and scope, rather than the 'backcasting' extrapolation method used in the original Plan, which the author claims ignores the actual need for concrete policy implementation.
- To ensure transparency, the government should provide detailed modeling information, including assumed activity levels by sector, policy scope, costs, and 'robustness tests' against various uncertainty factors such as energy prices and global climate action.
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- APA
- Canadian Climate Institute (2023). Comment connaître l'efficacité du plan climatique du Canada. https://institutclimatique.ca/comment-connaitre-lefficacite-du-plan-climatique-du-canada/
- Chicago
- Canadian Climate Institute. Comment connaître l'efficacité du plan climatique du Canada. 2023. https://institutclimatique.ca/comment-connaitre-lefficacite-du-plan-climatique-du-canada/.
- Wikipedia
- {{cite press release |author=Canadian Climate Institute |title=Comment connaître l'efficacité du plan climatique du Canada |date=20 November 2023 |url=https://institutclimatique.ca/comment-connaitre-lefficacite-du-plan-climatique-du-canada/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @misc{canadianclimateinstitute2023comment, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{Comment connaître l'efficacité du plan climatique du Canada}}, publisher = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2023}, month = nov, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/comment-connaitre-lefficacite-du-plan-climatique-du-canada/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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