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What do the tar sands mean for Canadas commitment to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change?

April 26, 2017climate change commitment Kyoto mean Protocol sands tar

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What do the tar sands mean for Canadas commitment to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change?

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Canada will be unable to meet its Kyoto commitments if the tar sands continue to operate. We need to reduce our emissions by about 280 million tonnes per year in order to meet Kyoto requirements. The tar sands are emitting around 40 million tonnes of greenhouse gases per year at present, and will probably double to about 80 million tonnes per year by 2011. This will make it impossible to live up to our Kyoto commitments.