Where’s Canada as trading partners address global shipping emissions?

Canada has made bold declarations that it will cap emissions from the oil and gas sector and has proposed a global price on carbon, but has been silent on shipping emissions.

Canada is in a unique position to be among the leaders of a global charge to reduce shipping emissions and move towards clean fuels such as hydrogen, as we import and export more than $1-trillion worth of goods each year just among our fellow G7 countries—much of which moves through our seaports, writes Brent Dancey. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY BRENT DANCEY

November 10, 2021

World leaders are currently gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss what their nations can do to help avert the catastrophic consequences of climate change. Previous agreements have focused on how individual countries can cut emissions. Now, countries are also working to address a major source of ...

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