ENERGY PRODUCTION AND GHG EMISSIONS: ANALYSIS OF THE CANADIAN DILEMMA

摘要

The paper describes the energy productionand the plan to reduce GHG emissions. It begins by reviewing energy production and carbon dioxide emissions, with particular emphasis to each source dilemma. Next, last Canadian Plan on how to achieve Canada's commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 6 percent below 1990 levels during the commitment period 2008-2012 is described, with particular emphasis to large industrial emitters LIE sector. It's established that overall target of emission reductions for LIE has been unreasonably dropped. As a consequence, the apprehension is that the government will have to buy foreign emission credits which will have no effect in reducing Canada's GHG. Moreover, it's stated that the overall measures up to date implemented are clearly insufficient, and there are no sufficiently details how new Plan will be met targets.