Nu er Canda på banen med løfter om reduktioner af drivhusgasser. Udspillet skal indgå i en kommende international aftale om klimaet, der skal vedtages i Paris i december.
“Canada has just announced its proposed plans for post-2020 climate action, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030”, skriver World Resources Institute.
Der var allerede frist for indlevering af klimatiltag d. 31. marts for de lande, der “er klar til det”. Det var kun en lille gruppe lande samt EU. Et par udviklingslande som Mexio og Gabon har ligeledes været tidligere ude end Canda.
“It is the tenth country to formally submit its INDC (Intended Nationally Determined Contribution) to the United Nations. Other major developed countries, including the European Union (40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030) and the United States (26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025) have previously announced their proposed mitigation goals.”
Canada får imidlertid kritik for manglende ambitioner i tiltagene.
“Unfortunately, Canada’s level of mitigation would put it —the world’s ninth largest emitter—noticeably behind its peers in terms of how fast it aims to decarbonize in the post-2020 period.”
Canadas bidrag lever ikke op til andre rige nationer
World Resources Institute har beregnet, at Canadas reduktioner ikke er ligeså ambitiøst som andre rige landes.
“According to WRI estimates, the EU and U.S. proposals aim to reduce GHG emissions between 2020 and 2030 by approximately 2.8 percent per year. Canada’s is significantly less ambitious at 1.7 percent per year.”
“Moreover, the EU and the United States will achieve their targets without using international market mechanisms, while Canada has indicated it may use such mechanisms – to an unstated extent – to meet its goal”.
“This means that Canada’s reductions undertaken domestically may not reach the level of its stated target. This is also important due to the risk that reductions achieved under these mechanisms could be double-counted by both buyers and sellers.”
Download Canada og andre nationers bidrag her:
http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/indc/Submission%20Pages/submissions.aspx
