Canadian negotiators pushing emissions trading mechanisms at climate conference
OTTAWA — Canada’s overall greenhouse gas emissions will likely peak before 2020, says a new report, but achieving the country’s 2030 targets is going to require much more work.
The independent analysis from Decarbonization Pathways Canada comes as federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna joins an international climate summit in Marrakech, Morocco, where the mechanics of last year’s Paris climate accord are being negotiated.
Delegates at this year’s United Nations-sponsored COP22 heard Monday that global CO2 emissions have flattened out over the past three years, even as the planet appears poised to record another heat record in 2016.
The World Meteorological Organization released preliminary data through October that showed global temperatures are 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.