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   From: ConsRCons@govt.cda   
      
   > On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:23:42 -0700, ConɀRConɀ wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Did you get your home insurance policy renewal?  Then you know how we're   
   >> all paying for Alberta's & Harper's oil policies.   
   >> _____________________   
      
      
   On 10/24/2013 7:02 AM, Dhu on Gate wrote:   
   > Bonehead.  Canada's contribution to global warming is minuscule.   
   > The fact is we are being bullied into supplying green eyewash   
   > for the masses: until the US, China and India step up nothing   
   > is gonna happen.   
      
      
      
   How does Canada compare to its peer countries on GHG emissions?   
      
   Canada is one of the world's largest per capita GHG emitters. Canada   
   ranks 15th out of 17 OECD countries on GHG emissions per capita and   
   scores a “D” grade.   
   In 2010, Canada’s GHG emissions were 20.3 tonnes per capita,   
   significantly higher than the 17-country average of 12.5 tonnes per capita.   
   Canada’s per capita GHG emissions were nearly three times greater than   
   Switzerland’s, the top performer.   
      
   While Canada’s GHG emissions per capita have fallen since 1990, many   
   other countries have managed to decrease them even more. For example,   
   Germany and the U.K. reduced their per capita GHG emissions by 27 per   
   cent between 1990 and 2010.   
   Has Canada reduced GHG emissions?   
      
   Despite international commitments to drastically reduce GHGs, Canada has   
   not seen a substantial improvement on its per capita GHG emissions. In   
   1992, Canada signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate   
   Change (UNFCC), under which it committed to stabilizing GHG emissions at   
   1990 levels by 2000.   
   In 2000, however, Canada’s absolute GHG emissions were 22 per cent   
   higher than they had been 10 years earlier.   
      
   Canada went on to ratify the Kyoto Protocol in 2002, pledging to reduce   
   GHG emissions to 6 per cent below 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012.   
   As of 2010, however, absolute GHG emissions remained 17 per cent above   
   1990 levels.   
      
   One of the main reasons for the increase has been the growth in exports   
   of petroleum, natural gas, and forest products. These commodities are   
   exported, but the GHG emissions resulting from their production are not.   
   Still, there is significant room for Canada to cut GHG emissions by   
   increasing energy efficiency and using lower-emitting technologies.   
      
   To achieve its international commitments, Canada must make substantial   
   GHG reductions now.   
      
      
   http://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/details/environment/greenhouse   
   gas-emissions.aspx   
      
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