Let s tell the truth about what we re actually doing and what that global impact is, said Carter, a political scientist who specializes in environmental policy.
Scientists have concluded that if global warming is to stay within the 1.5 degrees prescribed in the Paris agreement, there s only so much more carbon that can go into the atmosphere. That so-called carbon budget is about 230 billion tonnes.
Carter and co-author Truzaar Dordi, a doctoral candidate, decided to look at what Canada s contribution to that budget would be.
In a paper released by the Cascade Institute, a sustainable growth think tank,they used government projections of Canadian oil and gas production, accounting for increasingly stringent carbon regulation. That production is to rise until 2039 and remain above current levels to 2050, when Canada has promised its emissions will be net zero.
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