The Kyoto Protocol: Where did it come from? Where might it take us?

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What can we do? Canada’s planning process

•National Climate Change Process – Post Kyoto

•Joint Ministers Meetings – Environment and Energy

•National Air Issues Coordinating Committee

•Issue Tables > Integrative Group

•Analysis and Modeling Working Group

•Other WG’s – Emissions Trading, Technology

•National Stakeholder Session and Workshop

•http://www.nccp.ca/NCCP/index_e.html


	Shortly after Kyoto the federal government set up the National Climate Change Process. The goal was to consider means of reducing greenhouse gases - not to evaluate the connection between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change


	Fifteen "Issue Tables" employing some 450 greenhouse gas "experts" in various economic sectors were established. These Tables studied their sectors extensively for 2 years. I served on the Technology Table. Other Working Groups with federal and provincial membership are involved in analysis.

	An Integrative Group was also formed to overview the studies. Some members of the Issue Tables, including me, continued with the Integrative Group when Issue Tables completed their tasks.

	Two series of major meetings with stakeholders were held across Canada.

	This work is quite well documented and most is publicly available.