Canada’s Net Zero -440 Megatons of CO2 by 2030: Is a battle between Human System Dynamics and the Political - Economic systems.
Canada enjoys a natural resource based economy and therefore a tacit beneficiary signifying the carbon embedded “hockey stick of economic growth” from its’ wealth of fossil fuel and mining industries. However, affected by climate change, Canada is determined to mitigate its carbon emissions and thus committed to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 40 per cent below 2005 levels by the end of the decade or to no more than 440 Mt a year in 2030 en route to net zero by 2050. The research question: What could be the most productive and objective financial incentive program that must be implemented to avoid policy resistance by the general public and, if those incentives potentially spur equitable and tangible returns to citizens and transformation outcomes for Canada’s political -economy and the natural environment. The research intends to answer this question by undertaking a Qualitative primary research via a mailed out survey. A purposive sample of randomly selected households voluntarily respond to the Likert scale rated Questionnaire informing the economic independence of business organization, the inter-dependence of human system dynamics with the natural environment and the impact of political -economic policy mechanisms on society and business. Researcher’s bias in designing the questionnaire has been considerably eliminated by requesting the respondents to provide their own comments in writing in a separate section. Insights from the research reveal an evolving socio-economic dimension augmented by technology advancements. It further emphasized the human relationship to energy efficiency through Affordability, Accessibility, Acceptance and Acquisition and that climate accountability can’t be to increase top line business revenue, rather to develop an equitable and sustainable Green economy for the people and nation.
HD Diwydiannau. Defnydd tir. Llafur, TD Technoleg amgylcheddol. Peirianneg lanweithiol
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