Canada has promised to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. CTVNews.ca spoke with climate experts on whether Canada is capable of delivering on this climate commitment.
, as companies record surging profits. Dale Marshall, national climate program manager for Environmental Defence, says this growth in production is not compatible with what countries have agreed to accomplish when it comes to tackling climate change.
“The Canadian government should be actively retiring existing oil and gas projects, putting significant resources into a just transition for workers and communities,” Marshall said. “Fossil fuels are the source of the problem in terms of climate change, so moving away from them entirely is the way to go.”
The Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero initiative is an alliance between five of Canada’s largest oil and gas producers. Their goal is to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands operations by 2050. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., one of the largest oil and gas producers in the world, is one of its members.
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