Meeting British Columbia's targets

The team’s mandate is threefold: •. to offer expert advice to the province’s Cabinet Committee on Climate Action on the most credible, aggressive and economically viable targets possible for 2012 and 2016; •. to identify further actions in the short and medium term to reduce emissions and meet the 2020 target, and •. to provide advice on the provincial government’s commitment to become carbon neut [...] Based on this data and recognizing the impact of emissions pricing as a core policy for emissions reduction, the government should: 1.1 After 2012, if required to achieve the emissions targets, increase the British Columbia carbon tax in a manner that aligns with the policies of other jurisdictions and key economic factors. [...] We have only to look to the great success of Germany in the field of solar energy or Denmark in wind to see the huge opportunities that could open up for British Columbia in the future. [...] The team has also used the independent modeling of MK Jaccard and Associates to estimate the impact of some of the key policies recommended in this report, including regulations on buildings and energy, incentive programs, and a continued emphasis on emissions pricing. [...] Adding to the challenge is the fact that many of the government’s key climate action policies, such as the B. C. carbon tax, are still in the early stages of implementation.