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2015-04-20 00:26:12 UTC
By Bruce Cheadle — Apr 17 2015
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions continue slow climb: Report
OTTAWA - The latest emissions inventory from Environment Canada shows the
country's overall greenhouse gas output climbed 1.5 per cent between 2012 and
2013, continuing a slow, but steady, upward trend since the global recession of
2009.
The report, prepared by Environment Canada and submitted annually to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, shows 726 megatonnes of
emissions in 2013, still three per cent below Canada's output in 2005.
However, under the international Copenhagen Accord signed in 2009, Canada
committed to reduce its emissions by 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020 —
and the trend is now firmly heading the wrong way.
A new, post-2020 international emissions regime is supposed to be negotiated at
a UN conference later this year in Paris.
The federal government has not yet offered its bid on a post-2020 reduction
target while it consults the provinces. The United States announced last month
it plans to cut emissions 26-28 per cent by 2025.
The latest Environment Canada report confirms that rising emissions from the
oil and gas sector are driving up Canada's overall carbon
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footprint, while Ontario's decision to phase out coal-fired electricity
generation is credited as the "determinant factor" in steeply falling
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emissions from the public electricity and heat production sector. ◕‿↼
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Since 1990, emissions from Canada's "mining and upstream oil and gas
production" have climbed 129 per cent, while total production of crude oil and
natural gas has increased 79 per cent.
The report notes that "per-barrel GHG emissions from oil and gas production
have been rising, due to an increase in the complexity of techniques used to
produce conventional oil and the increasing proportion of synthetic crude oil
produced from the oil sands."
However Canada's per-capita emissions have been declining.
Quebec's overall emissions in 2013 were down 8.4 per cent compared with 2005,
while B.C.'s were down 2.6 per cent. In contrast, Saskatchewan's emissions
showed a 7.6 per cent increase over that period.
Alberta's emissions amounted to 267 megatonnes in 2013, more than Ontario (171
Mt) and Quebec (83 Mt) combined, according to the report.
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The report released Friday did not include percentage increases for Alberta or
decreases for Ontario, nor did it provide the data tables to determine those
proportions.
All data in the report was also revised upwards following new reporting
guidelines adopted by the UN in 2013, making year-to-year comparisons difficult
in the absence of the complete revised data set.
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions continue slow climb: Report
OTTAWA - The latest emissions inventory from Environment Canada shows the
country's overall greenhouse gas output climbed 1.5 per cent between 2012 and
2013, continuing a slow, but steady, upward trend since the global recession of
2009.
The report, prepared by Environment Canada and submitted annually to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, shows 726 megatonnes of
emissions in 2013, still three per cent below Canada's output in 2005.
However, under the international Copenhagen Accord signed in 2009, Canada
committed to reduce its emissions by 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020 —
and the trend is now firmly heading the wrong way.
A new, post-2020 international emissions regime is supposed to be negotiated at
a UN conference later this year in Paris.
The federal government has not yet offered its bid on a post-2020 reduction
target while it consults the provinces. The United States announced last month
it plans to cut emissions 26-28 per cent by 2025.
The latest Environment Canada report confirms that rising emissions from the
oil and gas sector are driving up Canada's overall carbon
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
footprint, while Ontario's decision to phase out coal-fired electricity
generation is credited as the "determinant factor" in steeply falling
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
emissions from the public electricity and heat production sector. ◕‿↼
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Since 1990, emissions from Canada's "mining and upstream oil and gas
production" have climbed 129 per cent, while total production of crude oil and
natural gas has increased 79 per cent.
The report notes that "per-barrel GHG emissions from oil and gas production
have been rising, due to an increase in the complexity of techniques used to
produce conventional oil and the increasing proportion of synthetic crude oil
produced from the oil sands."
However Canada's per-capita emissions have been declining.
Quebec's overall emissions in 2013 were down 8.4 per cent compared with 2005,
while B.C.'s were down 2.6 per cent. In contrast, Saskatchewan's emissions
showed a 7.6 per cent increase over that period.
Alberta's emissions amounted to 267 megatonnes in 2013, more than Ontario (171
Mt) and Quebec (83 Mt) combined, according to the report.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The report released Friday did not include percentage increases for Alberta or
decreases for Ontario, nor did it provide the data tables to determine those
proportions.
All data in the report was also revised upwards following new reporting
guidelines adopted by the UN in 2013, making year-to-year comparisons difficult
in the absence of the complete revised data set.