From time to time it is worth revisiting the rationale behind various initiatives, in part to better understand them but also to bring clarity to …
Category: Canada
Carbon market developments in 2017
Looking back at my 2017 post on developments in 2016, it becomes clear that the past twelve months have been more consolidation than progress in terms …
Some post-Paris diplomacy
President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met last week for their first formal bilateral meeting since the latter was elected. With the success …
Carbon pricing in 2015
Perhaps more than any other aspect of the climate agenda, carbon pricing took a major step forward in 2015. This was supported by many initiatives, …
One million tonnes of CO2
The first week of November sees Shell officially open its first major carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility, the Quest project. It is in Alberta, …
More steps towards Paris
At the end of last week (May 15th) Canada submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC, becoming the 37th state to do …
An update on climate legislation
This week the organisation known as GLOBE (The Global Legislators’ Organisation supports national parliamentarians to develop and agree common legislative responses to the major challenges …
Expectations for COP 18 in Doha
This week sees the start of the 18th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, or COP18 for short, in Doha, Qatar. This should be a …
A CCS project for Canada
I don’t normally use this blog to write about Shell, but last week saw an announcement that is very relevant and worthy of some further …
Oil sands and atmospheric CO2
In a recent New York Times opinion piece, NASA climate scientist James Hansen again puts forward his very compelling argument for strong action on limiting …
