Canada will join the United States in creating a forum of carbon neutral producers, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan Jr. said on Friday.
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The aim is to provide a forum for oil and gas producing countries to discuss ways in which the sector can support the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the achievement of carbon neutrality here. 2050.
“We will join forces with the United States and other oil and gas producing countries in this new carbon neutral producers forum to find and share solutions that will allow us to achieve our goals by climate, ”Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan Jr said in a statement.
This new platform, which aims to develop pragmatic decarbonization strategies, would have as members Canada, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United States, which collectively represent 40% of global oil and gas production. natural.
“As the fourth largest oil and gas producer in the world, Canada is absolutely committed to finding concrete solutions to reduce emissions and tackle the climate crisis, while creating jobs and strengthening the economy. and by promoting the development of the middle class ”, we can also read.
Recall that on Thursday, the federal government announced that it wanted to increase its determined contributions to the Paris Agreement in order to reduce its emissions to levels 40 to 45% below those of 2005 by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality. ‘by 2050.
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