By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada supports the goals of the European Union’s forestry trade rules, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says, after a leaked letter recently revealed the country’s efforts to water down proposed EU regulations right before the United Nations’ global biodiversity conference kicks off in Montreal.
Continue reading Leaked letter puts focus on Canada’s forestry trade priorities ahead of COP15By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Last week, the federal government announced Canada’s 2020 greenhouse gas emissions dropped, in part thanks to trees removing carbon from the atmosphere. However, environmentalists are quick to point out this calculation excludes a huge chunk of emissions from the logging industry.
Nearly seven megatonnes of CO2 were removed by the land use and forest sector, an amount that reduced the country’s total emissions by one per cent, according to the federal government. Environmental groups, however, say the sector’s true GHG emissions are underreported by a staggering amount — approximately 80 million tonnes of CO2 each year.
Continue reading Enviro groups say Canada’s climate goals are based on flawed forest carbon accounting
