Canada’s more ambitious emissions targets, other climate change programs delayed by COVID-19 GlobePolitics
Canada’s current emissions targets aren’t stringent enough to meet the international commitment to limit warming to 1.5 C to 2 C and if Canada waits to update its targets in 2021 it would be offside of the Paris Agreement, said the Green Party’s Elizabeth May.
“Along with COVID-19, cabinet continues to discuss many important issues,” spokesperson Alex Wellstead said in a statement. If the drop in GDP holds for the rest of 2020, then emissions could be down by 9.5 per cent compared with pre-COVID-19 projections, according to Dave Sawyer, the chief economist for the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices.
The Conservatives said the Liberals should hold off on some initiatives because of the pandemic but, other than repeating their call to scrap the carbon tax, didn’t specify which ones. Also citing the pandemic, the Transport department said it couldn’t provide a timeline for the release of the plan to meet its zero-emissions vehicle targets, it’s first benchmark in that plan is less than five years away.
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