La course de fond pour le climat – La Presse Opinion
La KitKat deviendra carboneutre d’ici 2025, promet Nestlé. Mais on espère bien plus qu’une opération de marketing de la surenchère des cibles de réduction des gaz à effet de serre, à laquelle participent les gouvernements, les financiers et les entreprises, dans leur longue course pour le climat.
Au sommet que le président Biden a tenu le Jour de la Terre, il s’est engagé à réduire les émissions de GES des États-Unis de 50 à 52 % d’ici 2030. Le premier ministre Trudeau a promis une baisse allant de 40 à 45 %, le Japon, de 46 %, l’Union européenne, de 55 % et le Royaume-Uni, de 68 %.
Bien qu’impressionnants, ces chiffres ne sont pas comparables, car les années de base pour mesurer l’effort s’…
William White – Build Back Better May Not Be Sufficient
From: William White To: Canada’s Policymakers Date: April 14, 2021 Re: Build Back Better May Not Be Sufficient There seems general agreement that global policymakers must “build back better” in fostering recovery from the global pandemic. While laudable, the phrase hints at a degree of incrementalism that might be inadequate to overcome the challenges that humanity currently faces. […] John Manley on BNN – SCOC Upholds Federal Carbon Tax
John Manley, Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute, and former deputy PM and finance minister, talks about the Supreme Court’s ruling that a federal carbon price is entirely constitutional, and the friction between bulding an investment-driven recovery and enacting a tax that is paid by businesses, but only rebated to households.
Un grand pas pour la finance durable et le climat – La Presse Opinion
La création probable d’un Sustainability Standards Board (SSB) mondial fera avancer la finance durable d’un grand pas, lui permettant d’exercer une pression plus efficace sur les entreprises, afin qu’elles s’engagent elles aussi dans un plan de transition vers la carboneutralité, dans leur propre intérêt et celui de la planète.
La cible nette zéro carbone d’ici 2050 est en voie d’être adoptée par le Canada et de nombreux pays, ainsi que par un nombre grandissant d’entreprises et d’investisseurs.
Le SSB aura pour mission d’établir des normes internationales régissant la divulgation par les entreprises des informations de nature ESG, c’est-à-dire portant sur leurs actions et leurs effets sur l’environnement, mais…
Henri-paul Rousseau – Agri-food Digital Sovereignty In Canada And Quebec
From: Henri-Paul Rousseau To: Canadians Concerned about Data Ownership Date: March 3, 2021 Re: Agri-food Digital Sovereignty in Canada and Quebec The agri-food industry is going through its own digital revolution speeding the 50-year move to precision agriculture. Torrents of data now flow from all the sensors, GPS readings and laser measurement devices, mounted on equipment; […] Shaffer, Rhodes – Three Fixes For Canadian Energy Policy To Avoid Texas’ Energy Troubles
To: Canadian Electricity Consumers From: Blake Shaffer and Joshua Rhodes Re: Three Fixes for Canadian Energy Policy to Avoid Texas’ Energy Troubles Date: February 19, 2021 Texas is reeling from record cold temperatures that have pushed its electricity system to the brink, and beyond. Rotating blackouts have plunged millions of into darkness and cold as […] Van De Biezenbos, Coleman – A 40-year-old Treaty Could Save Line 5
From: Kristen van de Biezenbos and James Coleman To: Canadians Concerned about Pipelines Date: February 17, 2021 Re: A 40-year-old Treaty Could Save Line 5 Joe Biden’s early use of his executive power to stop the Keystone XL pipeline raises the question of whether he would use similar authorities to attack existing oil links between the United States and Canada, […] Glen Hodgson – Three Drivers Will Shape Our Low-carbon Future
From: Glen Hodgson To: Canadian Emission Watchers Date: February 10, 2021 Re: Three Drivers Will Shape Our Low-Carbon Future Shaping a successful economy with much lower GHG emissions will be an ever-present challenge for the next three decades. The low-carbon transition has begun, but is still at a very early stage. We have only a broad idea of […] Jon Johnson – Cancellation Of The Keystone Permit: What To Do
From: Jon Johnson To: Global Affairs Canada, TC Energy and the Biden Administration Date: January 28, 2021 Re: Cancellation of the Keystone Permit – What to do It is no surprise that one of President Joe Biden’s first acts was to cancel TC Energy’s Keystone permit. So where does this leave us? It is reported […] S3 E2: Keystone XL with Kristen van de Biezenbos
The US President has scrapped the Keystone XL pipeline. Is this the end of the southbound extension for TC Energy and the province of Alberta? The University of Calgary’s Kristen van de Biezenbos warns the White House isn’t the biggest threat to the oil rich province: it’s the states. What will define the road map to net-zero GHG emissions? – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
Shaping a successful economy with much lower GHG emissions will be an ever-present challenge for the next three decades. The low-carbon transition has begun, but is still at a very early stage; we have only a broad idea of what the transition might look like in the years ahead. Nevertheless, legislative assemblies, including here in Canada, have charged ahead and declared the ambition of attaining an economy with no net GHG emissions by 2050.
There will not be a single common pathway – many already exist or will emerge, and they will compete for market positioning for consumers and businesses. Rather than referring to pathways, it would be more accurate to refer to an evolving energy-transition road map, with many…
Keystone XL is dead. Now comes the tough fight over compensation – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
Keystone XL is dead. Everyone knows that. Nothing can force the Biden administration to reissue the construction permit. The fight is now over any compensation owed to owner TC Energy Corp. by the U.S. government.
Even though it was endorsed by the Canadian government and even though Alberta invested up to $1.5-billion in the venture, Keystone is a private-sector project. Claims for compensation will be up to the company to advance, either in U.S. courts or before a North American free-trade agreement panel. The company said it is considering its options.
In the meantime, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has demanded Canada apply “sanctions” in retaliation for the project’s cancellation. Saskatchewan counterpart Scott Moe…