Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2021 compared to the previous year but remained below what they were before the pandemic hit.
The federal government released its 2023 National Inventory Report on Friday. The annual report is submitted to the United Nations and details Canada’s progress on its emissions reduction plan.
Canada produced 670 million tonnes of carbon dioxide and its equivalents in methane, nitrous oxide and synthetic gases in 2021 as pandemic restrictions began to ease.
That’s 12 million tonnes — or 1.8 per cent — more than the total recorded for 2020, when much of the economy was shut down during the onset
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