How to get Canada’s climate plan back on track

The Canadian Climate Institute argues that Canada is currently off track to meet its 2026 and 2030 emissions targets. To make the upcoming federal progress report useful, the Institute recommends providing detailed policy implementation updates, using rigorous and recent emissions projections based on actual policy rather than backcasting, offering a substantive assessment of additional measures to close the emissions gap, and introducing new progress indicators beyond simple emissions reductions.

• Canada is currently failing to meet its short- and medium-term climate goals, making it difficult to return to the necessary trajectory for its 2026 and 2030 targets.
• The federal government should improve policy reporting by moving beyond simple lists to include line-by-line updates that specify next steps for unfinished measures, identify implementation risks, and explain coordination efforts across federal and provincial governments.
• Emissions projections in the progress report must be based on recent data and rigorous modeling of actual policy proposals, specifically avoiding 'backcasting' models that simulate cost-effective pathways rather than real-world policy impacts.
• To fulfill the Canadian Net-Zero Accountability Act, the government must provide detailed options to correct its course, including quantified likelihoods of implementation, expected emissions reductions, timelines, and potential barriers for each proposed measure.
• There is a significant gap in Canada's reporting regarding non-emissions indicators, such as the volume of private investment in reduction activities or the deployment rates of clean technologies.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2025). How to get Canada’s climate plan back on track. https://climateinstitute.ca/how-to-get-canadas-climate-plan-back-on-track/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. How to get Canada’s climate plan back on track. 2025. https://climateinstitute.ca/how-to-get-canadas-climate-plan-back-on-track/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{canadianclimateinstitute2025how, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{How to get Canada’s climate plan back on track}}, publisher = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2025}, month = nov, url = {https://climateinstitute.ca/how-to-get-canadas-climate-plan-back-on-track/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }