What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy

The Canadian Climate Institute proposes six policy priorities for Canada's upcoming climate competitiveness strategy: modernizing industrial carbon pricing, expanding clean electricity grids, finalizing methane emission rules for oil and gas, maintaining the electric vehicle mandate, establishing a national climate investment taxonomy, and implementing the National Adaptation Strategy.

• The government should modernize industrial carbon pricing by addressing issues in provincial carbon credit markets and providing investment certainty beyond 2030, as this is the most significant emissions reduction tool available with minimal cost to businesses and consumers.
• Canada should expand its clean electricity capacity by finalizing the Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit and improving the integration of provincial grids in partnership with Indigenous peoples.
• To address rising oil and gas emissions, the government should finalize draft rules to reduce methane emissions, which would benefit Canadian companies leading in methane management technologies.
• Maintaining the electric vehicle mandate is essential for reducing emissions in the transportation sector, which is Canada's second largest source of emissions, and for ensuring affordable product availability.
• The creation of a national climate investment taxonomy would help the financial sector define activities contributing to climate goals and allow investors to assess risks from climate disruption and the energy transition.
• Implementing the National Adaptation Strategy is critical for protecting physical safety and economic strength against increasing climate disasters, such as wildfires and extreme flooding.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2025). What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy. https://climateinstitute.ca/what-to-look-for-in-canadas-climate-competitiveness-strategy/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy. 2025. https://climateinstitute.ca/what-to-look-for-in-canadas-climate-competitiveness-strategy/.

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BibTeX

@misc{canadianclimateinstitute2025what, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy}}, publisher = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2025}, month = nov, url = {https://climateinstitute.ca/what-to-look-for-in-canadas-climate-competitiveness-strategy/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }