Response of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act : Réponse de la Table ronde nationale sur l'environnement et l'économie à ses obligations en vertu de la Loi de mise en oeuvre du Protocole de Kyoto

Subsection 10(1) of the Act requires the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE or Round Table) to, within 60 days of the publication of the Climate Change Plan stipulated in Subsection 5(1), perform the following with respect to the Plan: a) undertake research and gather information and analyses on the Plan or statement in the context of sustainable development; and b) adv [...] This report represents the fourth response of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to the requirements created by the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act with respect to the government’s fourth Climate Change Plan. [...] The difference between the emissions forecasts for the two scenarios equals the emissions reductions expected to be induced by the policies included in the policy scenario. [...] The greater the additionality concerns at the individual measure level, the greater the gap will be between the integrated estimates provided on page 34 of the Plan and the sum of the individual actions found throughout the Plan. [...] In the 2010 Plan, forecasts of emissions are lower than in the 2009 Plan, even though the Regulatory Framework, the largest driver of emissions reductions in the 2009 Plan, is not included in the 2010 Plan.