Federal Government Establishes 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan

On March 29, 2022, the federal Minister of the Environment and Climate Change established a greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction plan for 2030, the first of a series of GHG reduction plans required under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act  (the Act)¹ which came into force last year. Among other things, the plan — titled the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan: Canada's Next Steps for Clean Air and a Strong Economy [PDF] (the 2030 Plan) — contains Canada's national GHG emissions reduction target for 2030 (the 2030 Target), which is 40–45% below 2005 levels, a summary of Canada's most recent GHG emissions, and the measures and strategies to be implemented through the 2030 Plan to achieve the 2030 Target.