Extracted Carbon: Re-examining Canada’s contribution to climate change through fossil fuel exports
by Marc Lee | January 25, 2017
This study re-examines Canada’s contribution to global climate change in light of the Paris Agreement by looking at extracted carbon—the total amount of fossil fuels removed from Canadian soil that ends up in the atmosphere—whether used for domestic purposes or exported and combusted elsewhere. According to the study, Canada’s extracted carbon has risen dramatically, almost …
Can Canada Expand Oil and Gas Production, Build Pipelines and Keep Its Climate Change Commitments?
by David Hughes | July 25, 2016
Under the Paris Agreement, Canada has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. This study assesses the consequences of several scenarios of expansion in the oil and gas sector in terms of the amount that the non–oil and gas sectors of the economy would need to reduce emissions …