The Canadian Climate Policy Partnership

(C2P2)

The Canadian Climate Policy Partnership (C2P2), led by Dr. Jennifer Winter, provides publicly accessible information on Canadian climate policies, supporting effective strategies to adapt and mitigate climate change, improving resilience, and helping Canada meet its net-zero emissions target.

The goal of C2P2 is to engage in data-driven research on and analysis of Canadian climate policies and enable the same in a broader network of researchers, informing necessary efforts to develop effective, coherent policy to meet Canada's climate goals.

C2P2 brings together Canadian academics from different disciplines, policy-makers, and policy-shapers to create a "one-stop" database and digital platform on the climate commitments, targets, policies, and investments from different orders of government in Canada. C2P2 facilitates improved understanding of the state of climate policy in Canada, reduces the burden of mitigating and adapting to climate change, and improves research and policy capacity in meeting Canada's climate goals.

A downloadable comprehensive database of 341 federal, provincial and territorial climate-change-mitigation policies in Canada. The C2P2 inventory builds on an initial policy inventory compiled by Navius Research Inc. and augmented by the Canadian Climate Institute.

A searchable and interactive web-based database hosted by 440 Megatonnes, a project of the Canadian Climate Institute.

A methods document explaining our process for developing the database and the decision process for included policies.

If you would like to learn more about C2P2, please contact us at C2P2@ucalgary.ca. You can provide feedback on the direction of future research and expansion of the inventory by emailing us at C2P2@ucalgary.ca.

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Climate Policy Landscape Fact Sheets

The Climate Policy Landscape in Canada

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, the Government of Canada has the largest number with 71 policies, or 21 per cent....

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The Climate Policy Landscape in British Columbia

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, British Columbia leads the provinces and territories with 57 policies, or 17 per cent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Alberta

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, Alberta has 18 policies, or five per cent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Saskatchewan

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, Saskatchewan has 14 policies, or four per cent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Manitoba

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, Manitoba has nine policies, or three per cent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Ontario

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, Ontario has 22 policies, or six percent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Quebec

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, Quebec has 43 policies, or 13 percent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in New Brunswick

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, New Brunswick has 12 policies, or three percent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Prince Edward Island

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, Prince Edward Island has 24 policies, or seven percent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Nova Scotia

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, Nova Scotia has 21 policies, or six percent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Newfoundland and Labrador

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, Newfoundland and Labrador has 13 policies, or four percent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Yukon

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, the Yukon has 11 policies, or three percent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Northwest Territories

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, the Northwest Territories has 14 policies, or four percent...

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The Climate Policy Landscape in Nunavut

Of the 341 total emissions-reduction policies in the Canadian Climate Policy Inventory, Nunavut has 12 policies, or three percent...

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Introducing the Canadian Climate Policy Partnership (August, 2024)

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Partners and funders include the Canadian Climate Institute, CIRANO (Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations), the Government of British Columbia, the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund, Mitacs, Quebec Net Positif, Royal Roads University, the Smart Prosperity Institute, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Office of the Vice-President (Research) at the University of Calgary, and the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.