L’objectif de carboneutralité en 2050 du Québec exige des mesures contraignantes

The author contends that Quebec's goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 is at risk because the current Plan does not specify the extent of local emission reductions or limit the use of carbon sequestration. Relying on natural processes is deemed less reliable due to risks like forest fires, while technological solutions remain theoretical. The document suggests that a lack of structural changes could lead to price spikes in carbon markets and recommends a mix of incentives and binding measures, such as eco-fiscality and shifting investment from road expansion to public transit.

• Quebec's 2030 Green Economy Plan lacks specificity regarding the proportion of carbon neutrality goals to be met through local reductions and does not set boundaries for the use of carbon sequestration techniques.
• Over-reliance on carbon offsets and 'negative emissions' may delay necessary economic decarbonization and behavioral changes, potentially increasing costs for citizens.
• Natural carbon sequestration is less reliable than source reductions because natural sinks are vulnerable to insects, diseases, and fires over several decades.
• Technological carbon removal processes are currently only at the demonstration stage, and their large-scale deployment remains theoretical.
• Current government spending on road expansion, estimated at 4.5 billion CAD by 2030, hinders the achievement of targets and skews the investment ratio between public transit and roads to 34:66, far from the 50:50 target.

APA

Delorme, F. (2020). L’objectif de carboneutralité en 2050 du Québec exige des mesures contraignantes. Canadian Climate Institute. https://institutclimatique.ca/lobjectif-de-carboneutralite-en-2050-du-quebec-exige-des-mesures-contraignantes/

Chicago

Delorme, François. L’objectif de carboneutralité en 2050 du Québec exige des mesures contraignantes. Canadian Climate Institute, 2020. https://institutclimatique.ca/lobjectif-de-carboneutralite-en-2050-du-quebec-exige-des-mesures-contraignantes/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{delorme2020lobjectif, author = {Delorme, François}, title = {{L’objectif de carboneutralité en 2050 du Québec exige des mesures contraignantes}}, publisher = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/lobjectif-de-carboneutralite-en-2050-du-quebec-exige-des-mesures-contraignantes/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }