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Originally Posted by chemgear
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cop27-...ment-1.6645552
Richer nations, including Canada, inch closer to paying for climate damage
Canada supports concept of climate compensation, but won't be held 'liable,' says environment minister
With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau skipping COP27 to focus on other events in Asia, Guilbeault is Canada's highest-ranking representative at the UN summit.
For many nations in the Global South, it's a fiercely held conviction that greenhouse gas emissions from wealthier countries are at fault for irreparable damage to their ecosystems, and that they should be compensated.
Canada accounts for about two per cent of global emissions. Canada's greenhouse gas emissions have been slowly falling since 2007. They peaked again in 2018, at the equivalent of 740 megatonnes of carbon dioxide, and have fallen the last two years for which there is data, said Guilbeault.
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Canada should get paid for forgoing the benefits of opening up the Northwest Passage, defrosting the tundra for farming, and improving our climate.