Mind the Gap: The state-of-play in Canadian greenhouse gas mitigation

The policy analysis examines Canada's progress toward its 2020 emissions target of 17 per cent below 2005 levels and suggests closing the gap through expanded regulatory frameworks and a renewed focus on domestic and international abatement offsets.

• Canada faces a gap between the emissions reductions expected from existing federal and provincial policies and its 2020 target to reduce emissions by 17 per cent relative to 2005 levels.
• Proposed methods to address the emissions gap include the expansion of regulatory frameworks and the re-evaluation of international and domestic abatement options via offsets.

APA

Sawyer, D. (2011). Mind the Gap: The state-of-play in Canadian greenhouse gas mitigation. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/articles/policy-analysis/mind-gap-state-play-canadian-greenhouse-gas-mitigation

Chicago

Sawyer, Dave. Mind the Gap: The state-of-play in Canadian greenhouse gas mitigation. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2011. https://www.iisd.org/articles/policy-analysis/mind-gap-state-play-canadian-greenhouse-gas-mitigation.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sawyer2011mind, author = {Sawyer, Dave}, title = {{Mind the Gap: The state-of-play in Canadian greenhouse gas mitigation}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2011}, month = nov, url = {https://www.iisd.org/articles/policy-analysis/mind-gap-state-play-canadian-greenhouse-gas-mitigation}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }