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Canada' is ready to talk with the US on tackling global warming
which is fantastic news because it seems that President Obama's
commitment to go all out to 'green' America may encourage
this other great nation to do the same.
The history behind this is that Canada had agreed years ago to reduce
CO2 to 6.0 percent below their 1990 levels by 2012
But instead and recently in particular emissions have increased
quite enormously. In 2007 Canada revised their previous target
saying that their levels were unattainable
and the expectations of a former adminstration were not realistic.
In fact this reversal of attitude stemmed more from the US position at the time
than anything because Canada and the US
are the world's largest trading partners
and with America's refusing to comply with Kyoto
Canada..not wanting to be disadvantaged .. pulled back a bit.
But with the change in US administration has come
a softening of position from Canada
and a fresh and more optimistic approach to tackling
this problem of their emissions which is good news
because Canada is in fact one of the greatest consumers of
energy per capita. Much of their energy goes to
driving cars...heating homes...operating factories
but there are also huge emissions from Alberta's energy
intensive tar sands...and the effects of global warming
on Canada are many as there are ...right across the world.
With Canada it is possibly wiildland fires...
Their fires have been trending up over the past forty years
as temperatures have been rising. Now not only
do these wildfires reap human devastation
We saw this past week in Melbourne the terrible, terrible loss of life
when fires broke out in temperatures of 46.4 degrees
and heard of 100 kmh hot winds spreading the fire
Canada has similar problems to face..it certainly has had these
problems in the past. Deforestation..however it happens...
whether it be by logging... or by these wildfires which are
caused by increasing temperatures...the global
environmental implications are huge.
As we are all in this together, the spirit of the cooperation
emerging from North America..to the global problem we face
is very encouraging indeed.
I'm Louise Burfitt-Dons
This is the Global Warming Hotspot
for the Global Warming Alliance.