Today, the Prime Minister, Minister Guilbeault and Minister Wilkinson announced the release of the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan: Canada’s Next Steps to Clean Air and a Strong Economy. The plan is an ambitious and achievable sector-by-sector path for Canada to reach its new climate target of cutting emissions to 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and make progress toward our goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

This includes over $9 billion in new investments that will continue building on the actions of millions of Canadians, Indigenous Peoples, businesses, and provinces, territories and municipalities.

The Government of Canada is continuing to take action to fight climate change, create jobs, and ensure that Canadians are global leaders in the transition to clean industries and technologies.

The 2030 Emissions Reductions Plan includes:

• Making it easier for Canadians to switch to electric vehicles. We are continuing to invest more than ever before in charging infrastructure, providing financial support to make buying zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) more affordable, and developing a regulated sales mandate so that 100 per cent of passenger vehicles sold in Canada will be zero emission by 2035, with interim targets of at least 20 per cent by 2026, and at least 60 per cent by 2030.
• Greening Canada’s homes and buildings. We will develop a national net-zero by 2050 buildings plan, the Canada Green Buildings Strategy, work with provinces, territories, and other partners to support the adoption of the highest tier building codes, pilot community-scale retrofits, and facilitate deep-energy retrofits for large buildings.
• Helping industries to adopt clean technology and transition to net-zero emissions. We are delivering historic investments to enable industries to be clean and competitive and creating greater incentives for clean technologies and fuels, such as carbon capture, utilization, and storage.
• Making Canada’s grid even cleaner. We will make additional investments in clean energy projects like hydrogen and solar power, and will work with provinces and territories, stakeholders, and Indigenous Peoples to move Canada’s electricity grid to net-zero emissions by 2035.
• Reducing oil and gas emissions. We will continue working closely with provinces and territories, stakeholders, and Indigenous Peoples to develop an approach to cap oil and gas sector emissions to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, reduce oil and gas methane emissions by at least 75 per cent by 2030, while creating good jobs. The plan includes a projected contribution for the oil and gas sector of a 31 per cent reduction from 2005 levels, and 42 per cent from current levels, which will guide the government’s work to develop the cap on oil and gas emissions.
• Supporting farmers in building a clean, prosperous future. We are supporting farmers with new and expanded programs to help them develop and adopt sustainable practices, energy-efficient technologies, and solutions like capturing carbon from the air.
• Maximizing the power of nature to fight climate change. We will make new investments to boost the carbon sequestration of Canada’s oceans, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and agricultural lands, and explore the potential for negative emission technologies in the forest sector.

The Emissions Reduction Plan: Canada’s Next Steps to Clean Air and a Strong Economy reflects submissions from over 30,000 Canadians, provinces and territories, Indigenous Peoples, industry, civil society, and the independent Net-Zero Advisory Body. The plan represents a whole-of-society approach with practical ways to achieve emission reductions across all parts of the economy.

Our government will continue working with all Canadians to develop and implement the new policies and initiatives announced today. The government will publish an update on progress toward meeting the emissions reductions targets in late 2023.

To learn more about the impacts of climate change and Canada’s action, visit canada.ca. You can also read about Canada’s climate plans and targets.

For Canada’s full Emissions Reduction Plan, visit 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan: Canada’s Next Steps to Clean Air and a Strong Economy.