Net zero emissions: muddying the waters or real solutions?
by Corporate Mapping Project | June 17, 2021
VANCOUVER – Increasingly, government and industry talk about “net zero” when it comes to emissions reduction targets. But what does this really mean? Reducing emissions to zero is a clear concept, but “net zero” muddies the waters in that some greenhouse gas or carbon emissions are permitted as long as they are balanced by “negative …
Dangerous Distractions: Canada’s carbon emissions and the pathway to net zero
by Marc Lee | June 17, 2021
Reducing emissions to zero is a clear concept, but “net zero” muddies the waters in that some greenhouse gas or carbon emissions are permitted as long as they are balanced by “negative emissions” or carbon removals through nature or engineered solutions. Reducing fossil fuel emissions and increasing carbon removals are the two objectives of net …
Canada’s Carbon Conundrum and the Difficult Path Forward
by David Hughes | June 10, 2021
Since the first oil well was drilled in 1859 humans have been on a roll. Global population has increased more than six-fold and energy use per capita has grown more than nine-fold. Accompanying this explosive growth in energy use was unprecedented economic expansion— since 1965 global GDP has grown 6.8-fold and per capita GDP has …
Canada’s Carbon Conundrum and the Difficult Path Forward
by David Hughes | June 7, 2021
Since the first oil well was drilled in 1859 humans have been on a roll. Global population has increased more than six-fold and energy use per capita has grown more than nine-fold. Accompanying this explosive growth in energy use was unprecedented economic expansion— since 1965 global GDP has grown 6.8-fold and per capita GDP has …
