Canada, United Nations delusional on climate change

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It is fitting that Canada is participating in the 30th annual United Nations Conference of the Parties (also known as COP 30) on climate change, because our government and the UN are equally misguided on this issue.

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It is held annually in hot holiday spots of the world. this year's global festival in Belem, Brazil – also known as the “Gateway to the Amazon” – has over 56,000 registered delegates.

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Over 12 days, they would leave a carbon footprint roughly equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of the small island nation of Samoa.

Critics have rightly described COP as “private jets to fight climate change”, given the number of politicians, celebrities, business leaders, rent-seekers and lobbyists who fly in for these annual events, as well as the countless NGOs and environmental protesters.

Are the feds committed to Trudeau-era emissions targets?

Meanwhile, global energy-related emissions last year reached its highest level in history – 37.8 billion tons.

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The Canadian delegation will be headed by Environment Minister Julie Dobrusenwho recently spoke on the CBC environmental podcast What the hell? that Mark Carney's government is committed to achieving the goals of Justin Trudeau's government. emissions reduction — a statement so out of touch with reality that it fits perfectly with the rhetorical chatter coming out of COP 30.

The Fed has an interim goal of cutting Canada's emissions 20% below 2005 levels by next year, or to 607 million tons.

Canada's emissions in 2024 are estimated to be 8.5% below 2005 levels, or 694 million tonnes, requiring an additional reduction of 87 million tonnes by next year.

This would be equivalent to eliminating all emissions from Canada's construction sector by next year.

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“Ambitious” is aimed simply at fantasy

Trudeau's 2030 target is at least 40% below 2005 levels and the 2035 target is at least 45% below 2005 levels on track to net zero by 2050 is also a fantasy.

Dabrusin, however, told CBC: “Our goals remain the same. And we always knew they were ambitious goals, right? So it was always going to be a stretch. But that's the whole point of ambitious goals… it forces us to do it.”

Nonsense. These “ambitious” goals are misleading the public.

In fact, since the Liberals came to power in 2015, they have committed more than $200 billion—almost $5,000 for every Canadian—to reducing emissions without coming any closer to meeting their own targets.

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