US EditionCanada not on track to hit net-zero by 2050, or meet any climate targets: study
Canada's best-case model shows only a 28% emissions reduction by 2030, with policy weakenings and provincial rollbacks cited as key factors, the Canadian Climate Institute said.
- On Feb. 13, 2026, the Canadian Climate Institute released a study saying Canada is not on track to meet the 2026 interim emissions reduction target, the 2030 Paris Agreement commitment, or the 2050 net-zero target, following Ottawa’s emissions progress report published the week before Christmas.
- Policy analysts point to recent rollbacks such as ending federal consumer carbon pricing, green home retrofit funding, and the oil-and-gas emissions cap, while Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario weakened provincial climate measures over the past year.
- Modelled scenarios assume measures such as industrial carbon pricing at $170 per tonne by 2030 and Clean Electricity Regulations, yet the report said the government's $130 per tonne credit price would not be enough, Donner said.
- The Canadian Press sought comment from Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin and found no response, while on Thursday she said the government was working to get emission commitments back on track.
- The institute urged policymakers to strengthen the clean electricity grid, citing Canada as of 2023 had only achieved a 9 per cent reduction, lagging G7 countries, and warned about federal floors being negotiable in the Ottawa–Alberta MOU.
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The Climate Institute of Canada is calling into question the "leasing" of environmental policy efforts and the abandonment of several policies.
A new study published on Friday by the Climate Institute of Canada indicates that Canada is not on track to meet its climate targets, whether it is the interim emission reduction target by 2026, the commitment made under the Paris Agreement by 2030, or even the long-term carbon-neutral target by 2050.
Canada is not on track to hit net-zero by 2050, or meet any climate targets: study
A new study published on Friday by the Canadian Climate Institute says Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets — not the 2026 interim emissions reduction target, the 2030 Paris Agreement commitment, or even the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
Canada not on track to hit net-zero by 2050, or meet any climate targets: study
A new study published Friday by the Canadian Climate Institute says Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets — not the 2026 interim emissions reduction target, the 2030 Paris Agreement commitment, or even the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
The report suggests that Canada has moved away from its climate goals. The post Canada is not on track to meet its climate targets, according to a report appeared first on Les Affaires.
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