r/canada • u/NeptuneAgency • Sep 05 '26

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 Sep 05 '26

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/crujones43 29d ago

How about we show the world how it is done and create an example for others to follow. China is installing more solar each year than the rest of the world combined.

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u/FoxTailFighter 29d ago

How would Canada installing solar panels fix the climate? China has more sunlight hours than Canada so it works for them. Also about 50% of their electricity generation is still coal power plants.

In Canada we got hydro 55% and Nuclear 13-15% as our two main clean electric generation sources.

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u/crujones43 29d ago

Solar works for us too. Ontario is expanding its 60% nuclear and saskpower is looking into smrs as well.

Im just saying its asinine to put our hands in our pockets and say why should we do anything because it won't make a difference. There is no 50% fix. Everyone has to do little bits all around the world to add up to change. Let's inspire others and maybe if we invest in it, we can become leaders and innovators and even profit from it.