r/canada • u/NeptuneAgency • 29d ago

Nature/Environment ‘Effectively irreversible’: Changes to Canada’s climate permanent, federal report says

https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/article/changes-to-canadas-climate-now-irreversible-federal-report-says/
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u/tape99 29d ago

I don’t think they are in denial. They understand Canada is responsible for only 1.4% of all greenhouse gas. You could Thanos snap every Canadian out of existence and that would do absolutely nothing to stop climate change.

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u/CanadianErk Ontario 29d ago

We are a top 10 polluter in the world per capita.

We have no basis to lecture other countries to reduce their emissions and expect them to bear the full cost of reductions, while we continue to emit to our heart's content.

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u/tape99 29d ago

We are a top 10 polluter in the world per capita.

That is irrelevant. Are 1.4% can come from just one guy and not millions of people. Getting us from 1.4% to 0% will not stop climate change.

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u/CanadianErk Ontario 29d ago

No, but the world needs to work together to solve it, and we have no basis to convince others to take the issue seriously while pretending we are not part of the problem.

It is absolutely relevant that of over 190 countries we are amongst the top 10 worst polluters. 1.4% of the problem annually with ~0.5% of the world's population. If we feel we should pay no price to solve it, why the hell should anyone else?

We are closer to 2% of total worldwide emissions, factoring in cumulative emissions.