Canada to miss goal
The Canadian Press – November 7, 2024 / 07:28 | Story: 516121
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Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco holds a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. DeMarco says the country is still not on track to meet its commitments under the Paris climate agreement.
Canada’s environment commissioner says the country is still not on track to meet its commitments under the Paris climate agreement.
Ottawa has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, but so far they have fallen only seven per cent below 2005 levels.
In a report released today, Jerry DeMarco says his office has looked at 20 of the 149 measures from the government’s progress report on the 2030 plan for emissions reductions.
Only nine of them were on track, another nine faced challenges, and the other two had significant obstacles such as delays in reaching milestones.
The latest report reflects many of the findings and concerns DeMarco raised a year ago.
But he found the government had moved on the majority of recommendations in last year’s report.
