Environment committee  . They are such things as the level of ambition of the industrialized world, and the level of financing for developing countries to address climate change.

Environment committee  Thank you. Dr. Stone, you brought forward the comments that the target we're looking at for 2020, according to the international climate change panel, is 25% to 40% below 1990 levels. That's a reasonable target, according to you. I'm not asking for a policy opinion, and I

Environment committee   emissions. That's going to be the focus of my questioning--namely, how effective Bill C-311 will be, if it becomes legislation, at actually reducing greenhouse gas emissions globally. I'd like to start with you, Mr. Zwiers. How are global climate change scenarios prepared, and how does

Environment committee   linked to climate change. It's estimated that 20% to 30% of species will become susceptible to extinction with an increase in temperature of 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Also, if temperatures are sustained at that level for a very long period of time, then we risk substantially

Environment committee   we should include this option, namely carbon sinks, in a Canadian plan to fight climate change? The Kyoto Protocol sets limits on the extent to which carbon sinks can be used to offset a country's greenhouse gas emissions. So what role should carbon sinks play in Bill C-311

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. First, I want to thank all four gentlemen for testifying. I know that you're very busy scientists. I appreciate your taking time away from the important work you're doing on documenting and bringing forward the issues that are being attached to climate

Environment committee  That's a pretty leading question. My sense is that we have been ignoring the scientific evidence on climate change for too long.

Environment committee  So no one has seen a plan. I appreciate Mr. Fortier's comments about provinces having to go it alone. That's what they're doing across the country. Quebec has gone it alone. Ontario has its own climate change secretariat—it is negotiating directly with Washington and bypassing

Environment committee  Order. We're ready to go. We're going to kick off our meeting, which is meeting number 32, resuming the study of Bill C-311, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change. This is pursuant to the order of reference that was given

Environment committee  You obviously don't understand the system. Mr. Chairman, if I may, it's going back to what we used to hear from this minister and others in his government. They said climate change wasn't really a problem, that the problem is smog. We all acknowledge that smog is a problem

Environment committee  So going by some of these estimates—I'm only talking about cuts now—$9 million for climate change initiatives, $39 million for the opportunities fund, $35 million cut for the ethanol expansion program, $10 million for the green energy support, close to $10 million for EnerGuide

Environment committee  We're here to discuss supplements (B). I assume last year's numbers will be discussed with the DPR and the public accounts, which are published at the end of the initiative, in 2006-07. I think Environment Canada has received about $25 million with respect to climate change

Environment committee  Thank you very much. That's very helpful. Minister, I want to go to what I call a number of clarity questions for Canadians. You mentioned you were in Potsdam last week. At the time you stated that Canada has a plan for climate change. You said that Canada wants to join

Environment committee   States, and that is something I hope we can address with climate change. But the current situation is still one where on a per capita basis or on a per unit of production basis the amount of R and D investment going back in Canada is lower than in the United States.

Environment committee  , for the climate change crisis in Canada today?