The Pan Canadian Framework In Achieving 30% Reductions By 2030: Success Or Failure?

Abstract

The Paris Agreement allows countries around the world to determine their own contributions towards combating climate change and the rising temperatures. Canada intends to reduce the greenhouse gases it emits by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. To assist in meeting this goal, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change was adopted in 2016. Outlined in this framework are several policies and measures that are intended to reach the emissions reduction. This paper examines some of the policies and measures and compares them to other studies and reports in effort to determine whether or not they will reduce emissions enough to meet the goal by 2030. It is shown that the framework falls short of the targets and ultimately fails in fulfilling Canada’s goals in the Paris Agreement.