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On September 11, 2025, the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) has released an independent assessment on the future of hydro-meteorological services in Canada. The report identifies three key trends currently impacting hydro-meteorological services in Canada and mentions how funding cuts experienced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) could impact ECCC’s operations.
Canada’s $5.3 billion climate finance commitment (2021-2026) supports developing countries in their transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient, nature-positive and inclusive development. Meeting the New Collective Quantified Goal agreed at the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) requires scaling up ambition and convening multiple actors, including the private sector.
In 2022, emissions from Canadian landfills accounted for 17% of national methane emissions and 2.8% of national GHG emissions. Despite voluntary and regulatory actions implemented in Canada over the past decades, significant additional methane emission reductions from landfills are possible,
Canada is investing over $5 billion in nature-based climate solutions to help tackle the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. The Natural Climate Solutions Fund is helping to plant two billion trees and restore and improve the management of wetlands, grasslands, forests and agricultural lands.
Methane accounts for about 16% of Canada’s GHG emissions, and the oil and gas sector is the source of about half of the total methane emissions in Canada. Most oil and gas methane emissions are generated by unintentional leaks (fugitive emissions) or by deliberate releases (venting).
The Government of Canada is implementing an ambitious, evidence-based and comprehensive plan to reduce plastic waste and pollution and move toward a strong and resilient circular plastics economy that works for all and protects the environment and human health.
The Government of Canada has committed to working towards halting and reversing nature loss in Canada by 2030 and achieving a full recovery for nature by 2050.
Why is Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requesting a transfer of
$1.0 million from the Department of Employment and Social Development to the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research to support research on impacts of school food programs in
the Supplementary Estimates (B) for fiscal year ending March 31, 2026?
Can
you explain why do Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP) expenditures exceed the
2024-2025 annual allocation by $14.1 million?
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