Canada’s climate accountability framework needs more teeth to get to net zero

The U.K. framework introduced in 2008 demonstrates how the combination of a legally binding net-zero target, a clear pathway of binding interim targets, backed by up-to-date data and indicators of progress, and supported by expert independent advice and scrutiny with a visible public presence, can successfully deliver sustained cuts in emissions.

Canada’s Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, sponsored by Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, is core to reversing the country's emissions trajectory.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CORINNE LE QUéRé

March 3, 2021

Scientists issued a new analysis, published today in Nature Climate Change, tracking countries’ progress—or lack thereof—in reducing their emissions since the landmark Paris Agreement was signed in 2015. The study, which I led, showed that fossil carbon...

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