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Getting to Zero: The Canadian Case

The Guide takes as a starting point the key message of climate science (namely humans need to reduce emissions to zero, the sooner the better), outlines Canada's emissions, analyzes on a sector by sector basis the extent to which technologies and practices can get Canadian emissions to zero, and summarizes the sectoral findings (94 percent reduction in emissions by 2060)
Getting to Zero: The Canadian Case
Full report (12 chapters) in PDF format
Getting to Zero: The Canadian Case - Table of Contents
Table of Contents to Full Study [HTML]
Getting to Zero: The Canadian Case - Summary
Abbreviated version of full study in HTML format, providing key findings and conclusions.

Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada

This section addresses policies in two parts. The first part defines the issues and options. The second part analyzes the options in terms of the issues.
Defining the Issues and Options [HTML]
Issues: administrative cost, effectiveness, etc. Options: regulation, pricing, carbon trading systems
Analyzing the Issues and Options [HTML]
A table examining systematically the various options in terms of issues
Analyzing the Issues and Options [PDF]
A table presenting the same information as above but in a PDF format

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Climate Change Technologies [HTML]
looks at reports of reports of technological progress in key sectors over an eighteen month period as a mechanism for assessing whether technological progress will save us from ourselves
Proposal: The Museum of Climate Change and Global Warming [HTML]
A proposal for the development of a science museum that explains the earth's energy budget, climate changes through history, how the earth's climate systems are changing the energy balance, the workings of climate models, technological solutions, and the history of climate science and its scientists.
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