KYOTOplus is about turning the failure of Ottawa to act
on climate change into leadership in Copenhagen.
The campaign has already mobilized 150,000 Canadians to demand
that the Harper government take real action on global warming.
KYOTOplus momentum continues to build. Now is the time to sign
on.
The Copenhagen conference
The UN meeting in Copenhagen is considered the most important
climate conference ever.
Greenpeace and other environmental groups say it is vital that
world leaders agree to measures that will significantly cut global
greenhouse gas emissions to avoid climate chaos.
Leaders from industrialized countries, including Canada, must
also agree to: substantial funding for clean energy and other
mitigation activities; forest protection and adaptation in
developing countries; and funding an end to gross deforestation.
Developing countries must agree to a 15 to 30 per cent deviation in
business as usual growth by 2020.
Canada has not supported these kinds of
necessary measures.
Reduction Targets
KYOTOplus KYOTOplus calls for Canada to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions at least 25 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020 and 80
per cent by 2050. These targets are science-based and reflect the
recommendations of the international scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change.
Unfortunately, Canada has not reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Canada committed to reductions of 6 per cent below 1990 levels
between 2008 and 2012, under the Kyoto Protocol. Instead, Canada's
emissions are already about 34 per cent higher than our 2012
target.
Canada is one of the worst countries in the world for reducing
emissions. For more information:
Environment Canada, National Inventory Report 1990-2006: Greenhouse
Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada.
