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Related: About this forumCanada dead last in ranking for environmental protection
Canada dead last in ranking for environmental protection
The Washington-based Center for Global Development assesses 27 wealthy nations annually on their commitment to seven areas that impact the worlds poor. Canada came 13th in this years survey, which will be released Monday. Denmark led the list, followed by Sweden and Norway, with Japan and South Korea at the bottom.
Canada dropped from 12th place last year and did far worse in the environmental protection category, where it ranked 27th. Every other country made progress in this area except Canada, the centre said in a report on the rankings.
Canada has the dubious honor of being the only CDI country with an environment score which has gone down since we first calculated the CDI [in 2003], the report said. This reflects rising fossil fuel production and its withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol, the worlds only treaty governing the emissions of heat-trapping gasses. Canada has dropped below the U.S. into bottom place on the environment component.
The major reasons for Canadas poor showing, he said, were pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol and having one of the highest levels of greenhouse gas production per capita. Canada also has low gasoline taxes, which dont encourage conservation, and high subsidies for fishing, which impacts fish stocks. Slovakia and Hungary came first and second in the environment category mainly because both have some of the highest gas taxes among the 27 nations and the lowest greenhouse gas emissions.
The Washington-based Center for Global Development assesses 27 wealthy nations annually on their commitment to seven areas that impact the worlds poor. Canada came 13th in this years survey, which will be released Monday. Denmark led the list, followed by Sweden and Norway, with Japan and South Korea at the bottom.
Canada dropped from 12th place last year and did far worse in the environmental protection category, where it ranked 27th. Every other country made progress in this area except Canada, the centre said in a report on the rankings.
Canada has the dubious honor of being the only CDI country with an environment score which has gone down since we first calculated the CDI [in 2003], the report said. This reflects rising fossil fuel production and its withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol, the worlds only treaty governing the emissions of heat-trapping gasses. Canada has dropped below the U.S. into bottom place on the environment component.
The major reasons for Canadas poor showing, he said, were pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol and having one of the highest levels of greenhouse gas production per capita. Canada also has low gasoline taxes, which dont encourage conservation, and high subsidies for fishing, which impacts fish stocks. Slovakia and Hungary came first and second in the environment category mainly because both have some of the highest gas taxes among the 27 nations and the lowest greenhouse gas emissions.
Oh Canada!
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Canada dead last in ranking for environmental protection (Original Post)
GliderGuider
Mar 2014
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(5,719 posts)1. Here's a link to the report and the country index
For the front page of the report:
http://www.cgdev.org/publication/commitment-development-index-2013
For the index, click on a country which will give you a synopsis of the country for the year, then click on the "Show This Year's Results" link to see each of the 7 categories.
http://www.cgdev.org/initiative/commitment-development-index/index
adirondacker
(2,921 posts)2. Thanks! A quick graph picture from the above reference...
I wonder how all of those Socialist countries can afford it
progressoid
(49,990 posts)3. And the US is fifth from the bottom.