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Climate Change

• A Discussion Paper on Canada's Contribution to addressing Climate Change
  Following the conclusion of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997, Canada's First Ministers met to discuss ways Canada could contribute to addressing climate change. This Discussion Paper is a step towards meeting those objectives. It explains what we know about climate change and what we have concluded. It presents four options for addressing Canada's climate change commitments and the analytical results that are currently available and seeks input on a number of key issues.
  
  
• A Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuel Combustion and Process-related Sources for Cement Production
  This manual provides guidance on how facilities in the cement sector whose activities involve the production of cement should estimate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fuel combustion and specific process related activities. The intended users of this guidance manual are facility operations staff who have solid technical knowledge of the day-to-day process operations at the facility. This manual represents one of a series of manuals developed under a voluntary initiative supported by the Minerals and Metals component of the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change.
  
  
• A Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuel Combustion and Process-related Sources for Lime Production
  This manual provides guidance on how facilities whose activities involve the production of lime should estimate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fuel combustion and specific process related activities. The intended users of this guidance manual are facility operations staff who have solid technical knowledge of the day-to-day process operations at the facility. This manual represents one of a series of manuals developed under a voluntary initiative supported by the Minerals and Metals component of the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change.
  
  
• A Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuel Combustion and Process-related Sources for Metal Mining
  This manual provides guidance on how facilities involved in metallic mineral mining operations (e.g. raw material extraction, milling, concentrating activities) should estimate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fuel combustion and specific process-related activities. The intended users of this guidance manual are facility operations staff who have solid technical knowledge of the day-to-day process operations at the facility. This manual represents one of a series of manuals developed under a voluntary initiative supported by the Minerals and Metals component of the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change.
  
  
• A Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuel Combustion and Process-related Sources for Primary Aluminum Production
  This manual provides guidance on how facilities involved in the primary production of aluminium should estimate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fuel combustion and specific process related activities. The intended users of this guidance manual are facility operations staff who have solid technical knowledge of the day-to-day process operations at the facility. This manual represents one of a series of manuals developed under a voluntary initiative supported by the Minerals and Metals component of the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change.
  
  
• A Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuel Combustion and Process-related Sources for Primary Base Metals Smelting and Refining
  This technical guidance manual represents one of a series of manuals developed under a voluntary initiative supported by the Minerals and Metals component of the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change. The purpose of these manuals is to help facilities in the identified minerals and metals sectors to estimate and compile inventories of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
  
  
• A Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuel Combustion and Process-related Sources for Primary Iron and Steel Production
  This manual provides guidance on how facilities in the iron and steel sector that are involved in the primary production of iron and steel ( e.g. integrated, non-integrated operations) should estimate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fuel combustion and specific process-related activities. The intended users of this guidance manual are facility operations staff who have solid technical knowledge of the day-to-day process operations at the facility. This manual represents one of a series of manuals developed under a voluntary initiative supported by the Minerals and Metals component of the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change.
  
  
• A Guidance Manual for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuel Combustion and Process-related Sources for Primary Magnesium Production and Casting
  This technical guidance manual represents one of a series of manuals developed under a voluntary initiative supported by the Minerals and Metals component of the Government of Canada Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change. The purpose of these manuals is to help facilities in the identified minerals and metals sectors to estimate and compile inventories of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
  
  
• Canada Country Study: Climate Impacts and Adaptation
  The Canada Country Study consists of three main bodies of work, issued on a set of two CD-ROMs: - Six regional reports (British Columbia and Yukon, Arctic, Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic); - A national volume of 12 sectoral studies (agriculture, built environment, energy, fisheries, forestry, human health, insurance, recreation and tourism, transport, unmanaged ecosystems, water resources, and wetlands); and - A national volume of eight reports on cross-cutting issues (changing landscapes, costing, domestic trade and commerce, extra-territorial issues, extreme events, integrated air issues, sustainability, and two economies).
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Estimates for 1990
  Estimates of emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons released to the environment in Canada in 1990 are summarized in this report. Methods used to develop the emissions estimates and their limitations are described. Sources for the estimates include published reports and scientific papers, mass balance and engineering calculations, and engineering judgement. Emissions have been classified by source, sector, province, and fuel type.
  Available from Environment Canada Selected Publications (1-800-734-3232)
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory - Overview 1990-2002
  This booklet summarizes the full report titled "Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990-2002" - August 2004.
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory - Overview 1990-2003
  In 2003, Canadians contributed about 740 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO₂ eq) of GHGs to the atmosphere, an increase of 3.0% over the 719 Mt record in the year 2002. This increase was primarily due to a colder than average winter, coupled with increase in electricity production, vehicle transport, and mining activity. Since the beginning of the year 1990, the economy has grown by more than 43% compared with a 24% increase in GHG emissions. As a result, we have seen a decrease in GHG intensity of about 13% since 1990, while total domestic energy consumption increased 23% and population rose 14%.
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2000
  The year 2000, for which emission estimates have been produced in this report, represents the midpoint between 1990 and 2010 and includes an inventory of anthropogenic (human induced) emissions by sources and removals by sinks, of all GHGs not controlled by the Montreal Protocol. It discusses also underlying trends in these emissions and presents provincial and territorial emissions for the period 1990-2000. CD-ROM included.
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2000: Trends Fact Sheet Series
  This fact sheet series provides a discussion of the trends in Canadian greenhouse gas emissions and removals on a sector basis, and explains the nature, causes and sources of the trends. The following documents are available: - Overview: 1990-1999 - Electricity and Petroleum Industries: 1990-1999 - Transportation: 1990-1999 - Industry: 1990-1999 - Residential, Commercial and Institutional Sectors: 1990-1999 - Land-Use Change and Forestry: 1990-1999 - Agriculture: 1990-1999 - Waste: 1990-1999
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990-1999: Emission and Removal Estimation Practices and Methods - April 2001
  On December 4, 1992, Canada ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Under the terms of the UNFCCC and related decisions, Parties included in Annex 1 of the Convention are now required to submit and publish, on an annual basis, a national inventory report on emissions of greenhouse gases by sources and removals by sinks. This document, along with the Common Reporting Format, constitutes Canada's official greenhouse gas inventory submission to the UNFCCC for 2001. Available electronically only.
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990-2001
  This report is the first in a progression towards more comprehensive reports that allow Canada to track its progress in meeting its emission reduction goals. This Executive Summary discusses underlying trends in these emissions and presents provincial and territorial emissions for the period 1990-2001.
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990-2002
  This report is Canada's official national greenhouse gas inventory submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It represents the efforts of several years of continuing work and builds upon the results of previous reports. In addition to the inventory data, it contains relevant supplementary information and an analysis of recent trends in emissions and removals.
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990-2002 - CD-Rom
  This report is Canada's official national greenhouse gas inventory submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It represents the efforts of several years of continuing work and builds upon the results of previous reports. In addition to the inventory data, it contains relevant supplementary information and an analysis of recent trends in emissions and removals.
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990-2003
  This year's report represents a significant step towards meeting the new reporting requirements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This report includes an inventory of anthropogenic (human-induced) emissions by sources, and removals by sinks, of all greenhouse gas (GHG) not controlled by the Montreal Protocol. The report discusses underlying trends in these emissions, provides some international context, and presents provincial and territorial emissions for the period 1990-2003.
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990-2003 - CD-Rom
  Canada's GHG Inventory for 2003 - the eleventh in total, and the third since Canada's decision to ratify the Kyoto Protocol - was submitted on April 15, 2005, as required by the UNFCCC. Using an internationally agreed-to format, the Inventory monitors six gases: carbon dioxide (CO₂) methane (CH₄), nitrous oxide (N₂O), sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Emissions and removals are grouped into six sectors: Energy, Industrial Processes, Solvent and Other Product Use, Agriculture, Land-Use Change and Forestry, and Waste.
  
  
• Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1997 Emissions and Removals with Trends
  This report provides an inventory and summary of trends in anthropogenic (human-induced) emissions from sources and removals from sinks of greenhouse gases for Canada. It also discusses the methodologies used to estimate them.
  Available from Environment Canada Selected Publications (1-800-734-3232)
  
  
• Canadian Passenger Transportation
  Transportation is a part of the daily lives of most Canadians, providing the access and mobility demanded by our society and its economy. This fact sheet explains why transportation is an issue, how Canadians use public transport and automobiles, and what governments and industry are doing to reduce the environmental impact of transportation.
  
  
• Climate Change
  This fact sheet provides an update on the climate change issue through statistical and scientific data on carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use, global atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, and global and Canadian temperature variations.
  
  
• Estimation of the Effects of Various Municipal Waste Management Strategies on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Summary Report
  This report discusses types of waste management strategies - alternatives to landfilling - that can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It projects the effect of various diversion and utilization options on the quantity and composition of waste requiring landfill in the year 2000, and reviews various models for estimating greenhouse gas emissions.
  Available from Environment Canada Selected Publications (1-800-734-3232)
  
  
• Frequently Asked Questions about the Science of Climatic Change
  Canadians frequently ask questions that indicate considerable public confusion about many aspects of climate change science and related research. This document addresses some of these questions and arguments by providing both a simple response and a more detailed background explanation for each.
  
  
• National Inventory of Sources and Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (1987)
  Estimates of the quantities of carbon dioxide released to the environment as emissions in 1987 are summarized in this report. A brief summary of the sources of carbon dioxide is included as is a detailed analysis of methods used in estimating emissions.
  Available from Environment Canada Selected Publications (1-800-734-3232)
  
  
• Offset System for Greenhouse Gases. Papers for Consultation: Overview Paper and Technical Background Document
  The Offset System is a key element of the Government of Canada's plan to honour its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.Through the Offset System, individuals, businesses and organizations will be able to earn offset credits when they implement projects that result in incremental greenhouse gas emissions reductions or removals. These papers provide a basis for consultations on the design of the offset system as proposed in the 2005 Climate Change Plan.
  
  
• Ozone Depletion and Climate Change - Understanding the Linkages
  Ozone depletion and climate change have usually been thought of as environmental issues with little in common other than their global scope and the major role played in each by CFCs and other halocarbons. With increased understanding of these issues, however, has come a growing recognition that a number of very important linkages exist between them. These linkages will have some bearing on how each of these problems and the atmosphere as a whole evolve in the future.
  
  
• Summary of the Precursor Contributions to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter in Canada
  This brochure is based upon the report Precursor Contributions to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter in Canada.. This review describes the current state of understanding of the relative contributions of precursor gases to secondary particle formation in Canada. In the context of this review, secondary particle formation refers to the formation of aerosols via chemical and/or physical pathways under ambient conditions. Complete report on the Internet: http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/saib/smog/pm_full/pm2_5_full_summary_e.html To order copies of the complete report, contact: The Meteorological Service of Canada,(SAIB), 4905 Dufferin St., Toronto, ON, M3H 5T4 Tel:416-739-4645,Fax:416-739-4882
  
  
• The Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
  A climate model is a complex computer program that uses mathematical equations to represent the physical laws governing the behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, sea ice and land surface, and the intricate and interconnected physical processes that determine weather and climate. In Canada, the work of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis provides the basic research and quantitative projections necessary to support a wide range of studies on future climate and its potential impact on our country.