The significant drop was mostly due to a decline in road and air travel as well as the COVID-19 recession
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by about nine per cent during the first year of the pandemic, largely due to a decline in road and air travel amid provincially-mandated lockdowns and the COVID-19 recession.
Given that the driving force behind the drop in emissions was the pandemic, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault in a statement warned that “overall emissions are likely to rebound to a degree” in line with the economy.The largest reductions were in the transportation sector, which saw a decline of 27 megatonnes from 2019 levels, and in the public electricity and heat production sector, which had a decrease of just over seven megatonnes from 2019 levels.
Canada has never met any of its emissions reduction targets, but the Liberals have promised to end that habit. Doing so will require major changes, given that Canada has the worst emissions record in the G7 since the 2015 Paris climate deal was struck. The Paris agreement seeks to hold global warming to no more than 1.5-degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The Globe and Mail requested an interview with Mr. Guilbeault, but his office said he was unavailable Thursday.
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