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Canada Worst in G8


Just in time for Canada Day the WWF released a report that Canada is the worst of the wealthy countries on climate change policy. The G8 Climate Scorecards 2009 report found that Canada is one of the few G8 Nations whose emissions are still increasing, due in large part to the commitment to expanding exploitation of the tar sands.

“Nowhere else on Earth do fewer people steward more resources, yet Canada now stands dead last amongst the G8 Nations in protecting our shared home from the threat of dangerous climate change,” said Keith Stewart, Director of WWF-Canada’s Climate Change Campaign.

Canada has fallen to last place after the United States moved up in the annual rankings based on recent climate initiatives announced by the Obama administration.

The report, commissioned by conservation organization WWF and the global insurance firm Allianz SE, ranked the top eight industrialized countries and five major developing countries according to their climate change policy, distance to their Kyoto-targets, and greenhouse gas emissions since 1990.

According to the report, Germany, the United Kingdom and France have already achieved their Kyoto targets - but their long-term climate performance is not adequate to limit the global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius.

Climate initiatives planned or announced by the Obama-administration have helped the USA climb from the last rank to seventh place.

The report was published just five months ahead of what are considered as crucial global climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009.


http://www.greenmuze.com/climate/heat/1258-canada-worst-in-g8.html