POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Polluter Pays Principle, Arctic Council, Global Commons
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What should be known about the trudeau government as both texts were written in 2015 before they came in power. Hydro (biggest source of canadas electricity because of reservoirs in ontario and bc, good thing when it comes to carbon emissions) Nuclear (not emitting source of energy, but is(cid:374)"t renewable because there is a finite amount of uranium in the earth) Energy resources are managed by provinces unless there are applications of energy resources on federal land, such as military bases, federal airports, or indigenous land controlled by federal government. * used to categorize people who are opponents to certain types of developments. * current federal target: 30% below 2005 levels by 2030 (memorize for exam, target set by harper and trudeau government) Their target is off by a factor of 4. Pretty optimistic assessments about how effective climate policies will be and underestimating of rising emissions in canada which are the oil sa(cid:374)ds a(cid:374)d tra(cid:374)sportatio(cid:374).
