Carbon footprint per capita in canada1992:485.09
2000:565.22 2006:614.33 Emissions per capita:18.81 % change since 1996:18% |
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what is your water footprint.Our water footprint includes much more than the water we drink and use in our homes. In fact, the bulk of our water footprint comes from the water used to produce the goods and services we consume every day. All the food we eat, the clothes we buy and the products we use require water to be produced – and in some cases, in surprisingly large quantities. So when we consume these commodities, the water used to produce them becomes part of our water footprint.
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co2 levels
KYOTO PROTOCOL IN CANADA
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.
Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities." The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005. The detailed rules for the implementation of the Protocol were adopted at COP 7 in Marrakesh, Morocco, in 2001, and are referred to as the "Marrakesh Accords." Its first commitment period started in 2008 and ended in 2012.[30] Canada was active in the negotiations that led to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and the Liberal government that signed the accord in 1997 also ratified it in parliament in 2002. Canada's Kyoto target was a 6% total reduction by 2012 compared to 1990 levels of 461 Megatonnes (Mt) (Government of Canada (GC) 1994). However, in spite of some efforts, federal indecision led to increases in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) since then. Between the base year (1990) and 2008 Canada's GHG increased by around 24.1%.[31] |