Costs and Benefits of Reducing Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Canadian Agriculture finds that the federal government’s plan to lower nitrous oxide emissions in the Canadian agricultural sector will impose costs in excess of $1.6 billion, but will provide no measurable benefit in lower GHG emissions. In fact, nitrous oxide emissions make up just 4.5 per cent of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and only 0.07 per cent of global GHG emissions.
The Economic Impact and GHG Effects of the Federal Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan through 2030 is a new study that finds Ottawa’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will impose significant costs on Canadians, while also failing to meet the government’s own emission-reduction target.
An Evaluation of Canada’s Progress Towards Meeting the 2026 and 2030 GHG Emission Reduction Targets, by Senior Fellow Ross McKitrick, is part of the Institute’s series on federal policy reforms. It finds that the federal government is unlikely to meet its 2026 or 2030 GHG emission reduction targets because of rising living standards for Canadians and the recent surge in population growth through increased immigration.
Halfway Between Kyoto and 2050: Zero Carbon Is a Highly Unlikely Outcome finds that the federal government’s plan to achieve “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050 is impractical and unrealistic.
