Evidence of meeting #5 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was targets.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Patrick Bonin Bloc Repentigny, QC
I would appreciate that.
Canada has filed its nationally determined contribution for 2035. Since coming to power, the Carney government has backtracked on a number of measures, including after the contribution was tabled.
Do you think Canada should review this in light of the Paris Agreement? At the next COP30, it must present a new nationally determined contribution.
Do you agree with the fact that the government will no longer fund the attendance of opposition party representatives at COP30?
Executive Director, Climate Action Network Canada
I'm going to talk about nationally determined contributions for 2030 and 2035. In terms of science and equity, what is Canada's fair share of the global effort to limit global warming to 1.5°C?
At Climate Action Network Canada, we assessed that Canada's contributions were too low in both cases. In fact, last week, at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, countries tabled their next contribution.
We think the 2035 target, in particular, is extremely weak. Adding more uncertainty to it means that many are wondering whether Canada is still committed to the fight against climate change.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Ellis Ross
Thank you very much to our witnesses and to our members.
Thank you for your indulgence in letting me carry on the conversation over our time limit.
To the witnesses, thank you for your knowledge. I understand how quickly you have to come up with those answers, sometimes on the spur of the moment. I really appreciate your knowledge and your expertise.
With that, I'm going to ask the members if we can agree to adjourn this meeting.