Canada's Action on Climate Change

The Government of Canada is committed to reducing Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent from 2006 levels by 2020 and by 60 to 70 per cent by 2050.

We are also committed to:

• the goal of having 90 percent of Canada's electricity provided by non-emitting sources such as hydro, nuclear, clean coal or wind power by 2020;
• introducing tough new regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the automotive sector;
• continuing to advance the Clean Energy Dialogue with the U.S. Administration;
• investing more than $2 billion through our Economic Action Plan to protect the environment, especially through technological transformation, while stimulating our economy; and
• playing an active and constructive role at the UN climate change talks leading up to the Copenhagen conference in December.

In April 2007, we announced Turning the Corner, however, following the economic downturn and the renewed engagement by the new US Administration, we took the opportunity to fine-tune our approach to tackling climate change.

As we tackle this challenge, we are proceeding on three parallel pathways to address climate change with strong domestic, continental and international action.