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The tides of change: Climate change in Atlantic Canada How do we measure up?
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Canada has about 0.5% of the world's population but produces 2% of global CO2 emissions.
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A 50% to 60% reduction in present global emissions of carbon dioxide would be required to stabilize atmospheric CO2 concentrations at current levels. Under the Kyoto Protocol, participating countries set an average emission reduction target of 5.2% below 1990 levels by approximately 2010. Canada's target is 6%.
Annual greenhouse gas emissions per capita in selected countries (1994)
(Emission data: UNFCCC Greenhouse Gas Inventory Database for 1994 (Except China)Population data: U.S. BUreau of the Census
*China: 1990 data, from Worl Resources 1998-99; World Resources Institute, Table 16.2, p. 346.) |
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Improving energy efficiency is the fastest, cheapest, and surest way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Atlantic Canada's greenhouse gas emissions
Total of all sources in Atlantic Canada (1996): 47 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year
Atlantic Canada's greenhouse gas emissions
(Source : Environment Canada, 1997) |
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