Europes climate change strategy: leaving Canada behind

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Europes climate change strategy leaving Canada
behind?

• Professor James Meadowcroft
• Canada Research Chair in Governance
• for Sustainable Development
• Carleton University
• CHEMRAWN XVII and ICCDU IX Conference
• Queens University, Kingston

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Europes climate change strategy leaving Canada
behind?

• The EU experience
• Canadas story
• Lessons for the future

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The European experience

• Critical EU initiatives
• Member state action
• Results to date
• Why such enthusiasm?

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Key EU initiatives

• Burden sharing agreement

• Emissions Trading System

• Evolving suite of policies

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Member state action

• The UK example
• Climate change levy
• Renewable energy
• Stern report
• Carbon budgets
• Zero carbon homes

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Results to date

• Delivering on Kyoto

• Performance by sector

• Uneven national attainment

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Explaining European enthusiasm

• EU search for foreign policy role

• Pusher jurisdictions

• Early success

• Linkages to other issues

• Concern about the problem

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Canadas story

• Policy disaster
• The Kyoto saga

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Lessons for Canada

• Political leadership matters

• Emissions control is possible and not ruinous

• Pricing carbon

• New economy and opportunity agenda

• International mechanisms

• It isnt going to be easy

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The future

• Can Europe deliver?
• When will Canada act?

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Lessons for Canada

• Political leadership matters

• Emissions control is possible and not ruinous

• Pricing carbon

• New economy and opportunity agenda

• International mechanisms

• It isnt going to be easy

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Explaining European enthusiasm

• EU search for foreign policy role

• Pusher jurisdictions

• Early success

• Concern about the problem

• Linkages to other issues

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EU initiatives

• Burden sharing agreement

• Emissions Trading System

• Evolving suite of other policies

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Lessons for Canada

• Political leadership matters
• Emissions control is possible and not ruinous
• Pricing carbon
• New economy and opportunity agenda
• International mechanisms
• It isnt going to be easy

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EU initiatives

• Burden sharing agreement
• Emissions Trading System
• Evolving suite of other policies

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Explaining European enthusiasm

• EU search for foreign policy role
• Pusher jurisdictions
• Early success
• Public concern

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Explaining European enthusiasm

• EU search for foreign policy role
• Pusher jurisdictions
• Early success
• Public concern