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A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy

2021PolicyAdaptation, MitigationMore details
Sectors: Buildings, Coastal zones, Economy-wide, Health, Industry
This is Canada’s strengthened climate plan to "create jobs and support people, communities and the planet". The plan is built on five pillars:
1) Making the Places Canadians Live and Gather More Affordable by Cutting Energy Waste
2) Making Clean, Affordable Transport and Power Available in Every Community 
3) Continuing to Ensure Pollution isn’t Free and Households Get More Money Back 
4) Building Canada’s Clean Industrial Advantage 
5) Embracing the Power of Nature to Support Healthier Families and More Resilient Communities 
Examples:
Resilient infrastructure, Fossil fuel divestment, Net zero growth plan, Sustainable fishing

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A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy
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  • Net-zero by 2050Economy-wide · Target year: 2050
  • national emission reduction target of 30% below 2020 levels from fertilizers and work with fertilizer manufacturersAgriculture
  • Government is proposing to continue to put a price on carbon pollution, post-2022, by $15 per year to 2030.Finance · Target year: 2030
  • Coalition is targeting a 45% reduction in methane emissions by 2025 and 60-75% by 2030.Energy · Target year: 2030
  • Canada’s target to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40-45% by the year 2025Energy · Target year: 2025

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