A new Canadian Climate Accountability Act was introduced in November 2020, Healthy Environment and Healthy Economy, in December 2020. The Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate was brought out in July 2020 - developed with the provinces and territories and in consultation with Indigenous peoples - to meet our emissions reduction targets, grow the economy, and build resilience to a changing climate. These look like good plans and projections. We can only hope that it will all work. One needs to look fairly deep to see specific numbers, there are a few. For the next 5 years, most of Canada is to be decreasing emissions or holding steady; Alberta is still projected to be increasing GHG emissions. It is hard to find specific numbers and goals among all the good words in these new plans. Time will tell, actual numbers over time, will show the real story.  Canada has a mixed record. At a 1992 UN conference, Canada was seen as a leader. This did not last long. In 2009, Canada ...

Canada in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Actio n is the national assessment of how and why Canada’s climate is changing, the impacts of these changes on our communities, environment, and economy, and how we are adapting. Released in 2019, this report is about how and why Canada’s climate has changed and what changes are projected for the future. Led by Environment and Climate Change Canada, it is the first report to be released as part of Canada in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action. Canada in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action   is a reader friendly government report. The bold print below is taken from a chapter on headline statements. The full report is available at https://changingclimate.ca/CCCR2019/   Canada’s climate has warmed and will warm further in the future, driven by human influence.  Both past and future warming in Canada is, on average, about double the magnitude of global warming.  Oceans surrou...