Quebec pledges $2.7 billion to tackle climate change

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

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Québec Premier Jean Charest, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks Pierre Arcand and Minister of Transport Pierre Moreau unveiled on June 3 the 2013-2020 Climate Change Action Plan (PACC 2020) and the accompanying Government Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation. The action plan and strategy for adaptation call for investments totalling nearly 2.7 billion dollars.

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The action plan is self-financed through revenues from the future carbon market and the extension until 2014 of charges on fossil fuels and combustibles. Two-thirds of revenues flowing from the action plan will fund transportation measures such as public and alternative transit.

It will be deployed through 30 action priorities, with particular focus in the areas of sustainable mobility, land use and energy, which are sectors where Québec can make significant gains in terms of GHG emission reductions.

The planned actions will contribute in a major way to achieving Québec’s climate change objective of reducing GHG emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, the most ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target in North America.

The action plan being announced this week is the cornerstone of the government's strategic approach to the fight against climate change, to which other government initiatives will be added.

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