What can Canadian government do?

In 2002, Canada agreed to join Kyoto Protocol, a plan within the United Nations for controlling greenhouse gas emissions. By joining this international treaty, Canada is required to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases approximately 565 Mt Co2 eq by 2012. Predicting that they would not meet their target, Canada formally withdrew from Kyoto Protocol in 2011.

Even though Canada has withdrawn from Kyoto Protocol, Canada has done many actions to reduce its emission of greenhouse gases, including the following:

• Committed a total of approximately $3 billion in funding for CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) technologies
• Done research on how to mitigate on agriculture field with the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
• Worked collaboratively with United States towards common North American standards for greenhouse gases emissions from vehicles

Aside from all those actions, Canadian government can also help reduce more greenhouse gases by:

• Set restrictions or limits on pollution levels or incentives for lower emissions and better fuel efficiency
• Use clean energy sources such as ocean waves, winds, and solar

Clean energy sources are sources that produce little to no greenhouse gases

Nitrogen fertilizers can produce Nitrous Oxide, one of the main greenhouse gases 

• Introduce rebates or tax incentives insulations and energy efficiency
• Recycle and reforestation as much as possible
• Set restrictions or limits on using nitrogen fertilizer
• Set new legislations to reduce the overall emission of greenhouse gases in order to greater impacts of climate change

Sometimes, citizens are the reflections of their country’s government; therefore, it will be best for the Canadian government to be fair and positive towards the legislations that are made to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. That way, the citizens will respect the choice of their government and will follow them.