INSTITUT DE L'ÉNERGIE TROTTIER
Experts identify priorities to counter the expected failure of 2030 goals - Reducing Canada's GHG emissions

In accordance with the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, the Government of Canada must table its 2030 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reduction Plan by the end of March 2022. Thus far, Canada has missed all of its climate targets, so Polytechnique Montréal's Institut de l'énergie Trottier (IET) has taken action to develop a plan that focuses on a set of proposals on a sector-by-sector basis. The IET is well positioned to provide effective and meaningful courses of action, given that it holds valuable knowledge: evidence from the country's most in-depth modelling exercise.

In October 2021, the IET released the second edition of its Canadian Energy Outlook, which outlines decarbonization scenarios for Canada, and demonstrates that carbon neutrality is forcing us to fundamentally rethink greenhouse gas reduction strategies. Shortly thereafter in an analysis of the shorter-term measures taken, the IET identified a huge gap between publicly-announced measures and what would be needed to actually reach expected 2030 milestones.

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