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ARTICLE · 27 NOVEMBER 2015

Alberta's Climate Change Panel Report

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On November 22, 2015, Premier Rachel Notley announced Alberta's new climate change plan ("Plan").

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On November 22, 2015, Premier Rachel Notley announced Alberta's new climate change plan ("Plan"). The Plan is based on the report and recommendations of the Climate Change Advisory Panel struck by the province in the summer of 2015. The Panel's report ("Report") was presented to the Minister of Environment and Parks, Shannon Phillips, on November 20.

As has been widely reported, the Plan includes the following main elements:

  • Expanding carbon pricing from large industrial emitters only to all sectors of the economy, including consumers. The carbon price will be $30/tonne by 2018.
  • An accelerated phasing out of coal-fired electricity generation, by 2030, and a shift to renewable forms of energy production. The goal is to increase the overall share of renewables to 30%.

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