US EditionCanada, major fossil-fuel producers widen gap between output and climate targets: report
- A 2025 report found that Canada and 19 other major fossil fuel producers plan to increase fossil fuel production despite climate targets.
- This trend results from slower coal phaseouts, especially in China, and higher natural gas production, with many governments maintaining policies favoring fossil fuels.
- While some countries like Brazil and Colombia develop plans aligned with climate goals, most governments have not adapted policies to meet Paris Agreement targets.
- Derik Broekhoff, co-author, said projected 2030 production exceeds levels consistent with 1.5°C by over 120%, up from 110% in 2023, highlighting a growing production gap.
- The continued production expansion threatens climate targets and implies steep future cuts are necessary to avoid severe climate and economic consequences globally.
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Canada, other fossil fuel-producing nations, derailing world climate targets, report says
Production Gap Report suggests countries are planning to produce 120 per cent more fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees, and 77 per cent more than what's aligned with a two-degree limit.
Canada and other major fossil fuel-producing countries are jeopardizing global efforts to achieve key climate change targets, according to a new international report. Production levels by 2030 are expected to be more than double the Paris Agreement target.
Canada ranks among the top four oil producers, with about 6.5% of the world's total.
Among the 20 largest countries studied, 17 planned to increase the production of at least one fossil energy by 2030 The content of the increase in the production of fossil fuels incompatible with climate targets appears first in Journal i.
Ten years after the Paris World Climate Agreement, the world's planned production volumes of coal, oil and gas still clearly exceed the level acceptable for mitigating climate change. This is evident from a report by leading research institutes. According to this report, the 20 countries studied plan to produce more than twice as high fossil fuels in 2030 as would be compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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