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   XPost: can.politics, ab.politics   
   From: "@nyet.ca   
      
   On 6/2/2014 8:00 PM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > Only by your own source, they're NOT ahead of us.   
      
      
   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.   
      
      
   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.3 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.   
      
      
   Key Messages   
      
        Canada ranks 15th out of 17 countries for greenhouse gas (GHG)   
   emissions per capita and earns a “D” grade.   
        Canada’s per capita GHG emissions decreased by nearly 5 per cent   
   between 1990 and 2010, while total GHG emissions in Canada grew 17 per cent.   
        The largest contributor to Canada’s GHG emissions is the energy   
   sector, which includes power generation (heat and electricity),   
   transportation, and fugitive sources.   
      
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