Poznan: Canada's GHG Performance Nearing Bottom

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The following was released today in Poznan, Poland:

A new international assessment of countriesโ€™ performance in fighting climate change has placed Canada second last (56th of 57) among the worldโ€™s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. In the 2007 edition, Canada placed 53rd of the 56 countries assessed.
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โ€œCanadaโ€™s climate performance could hardly be worse, and weโ€™re still moving in the wrong direction,โ€ said Matthew Bramley, Director of the Pembina Instituteโ€™s climate change program, who contributed a Canadian policy assessment to the study. โ€œThe federal government needs to dramatically and urgently strengthen its policies to fight global warming.โ€

The report released today is the fourth annual Climate Change Performance Index, an assessment that ranks the climate protection performance of the 57 countries that, together, are responsible for more than 90 per cent of global energy-related emissions. Countries are ranked against standardized criteria that include climate policy, emission level and emissions trend. This year, only Saudi Arabia earned a lower score, and Canada is now last among industrialized countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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The reportโ€™s release comes as Canada faces mounting criticism for its negotiating position at the UN meetings in Poznan, Poland, on a post-2012 global agreement to cut greenhouse gas pollution.
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โ€œWith Canada under fire for blocking progress on the world stage, todayโ€™s study reminds us that our climate performance at home is equally poor,โ€ said Dr. Bramley. โ€œCanada has the ability to do so much better. Minister Prentice has a golden opportunity to help repair our credibility by committing right here in Poznan to ramp up Canadaโ€™s climate targets andย policies.โ€

Richard Littlemore is in Poznan reporting for DeSmoglog. He is the first blogger to ever be given full media credentials by the Unitedย Nations.

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