Canadian Circumstances: The Evolution of Canada's Climate Change Policy

Paul R. Samson
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Paul R. Samson: Senior Policy Advisor, Policy Research Directorate, Environment Canada, 4th floor, 10 rue Wellington, TLC, Hull, Québec, Canada K1A 0H3, Tel: (819) 953-5823 Fax: (819) 953-9412

Energy & Environment, 2001, vol. 12, issue 2-3, 199-215

Abstract: A tracing and analysis of Canadian climate change policies and international negotiation positions over the past two decades reveals more than the complexity involved in the subject itself. Indeed, analysis suggests that “national circumstances†have consistently been the primary driver of Canada's climate change policy. These circumstances include a decentralized national policy system that necessitates broad governmental and stakeholder participation; a strong economic reliance on natural and energy-intensive resources and exports; a national sense of belonging to the land; and a tradition of leadership and brokering in international affairs. Canada's policies have been, and will continue to be, primarily driven by these national circumstances as negotiations and implementation issues around the Kyoto Protocol further evolve.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1260/0958305011500706

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