Cleantech And Climate Action January 2017 – Looking Back At An Eventful 2016 And Looking Ahead To Opportunities In 2017 And Beyond

Summary

Viewed from the perspective of the first month of 2017, the past year has been a highly consequential one for Canadian and global action on climate change, and for the future of the Canadian and global cleantech sectors.

Globally, 2016 marked an important inflection point for both climate action and cleantech. The year set new global temperature records, with temperatures around ¹.3°C higher than the typical pre-industrial levels and almost 0.2°C warmer than the previous record in 2015.1  On November 4, 2016, the Paris Climate Change Treaty came into force and shortly thereafter on November 17, 2016, in connection with the 22nd Conference of the Parties in Marrakech, Canada became one of the first parties to submit a long-term (2050) climate action strategy to the UNFCCC.