The Response

International: In 2015 the international community came together to conclude and implement the Paris Agreement. The primary purpose of the Agreement is to limit global temperature rise well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100 and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C.

Canada: Under the Paris Agreement, signatory nations must determine how to contribute to this target and report regularly on their emissions and on their implementation efforts. As a signatory nation, Canada developed and is implementing the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change to achieve its Paris Agreement commitments (see more here).

British Columbia: The Provincial government has developed and is implementing CleanBC, the strategy for climate preparedness and adaptation to help prepare BC communities for a changing climate. Through CleanBC, “reductions from LNG’s climate impact will be achieved through investments in electrification of upstream oil and gas production so extraction and processing are powered by electricity, instead of burning fossil fuels.”

In December 2019, the Provincial agencies presented to FNCI on CleanBC and potential synergies with the FNCI. The presentation on CleanBC is available here.

For further details about the Province’s CleanBC strategy including the BC carbon inventory, click here.