An Agenda to Address Climate Change is designed to help Canadians understand climate change and NRCan's role in dealing with this important issue.
Climate change is the most challenging global environmental issue of our time.
Some degree of climate change appears inevitable, and the potential environmental, economic and social costs are too high for us not to take action both in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and developing strategies to adapt to climate change. An Agenda to Address Climate Change shows that NRCan is already building a strong foundation in many areas critical to addressing climate change. And NRCan has established the Office of Energy Efficiency to oversee these projects and provide Canadians with information on how to improve the energy efficiency of their homes and businesses. To meet our Kyoto targets, we will all need to make a number of changes - in how we generate and use energy, how we move people and goods, how we heat our homes and how we produce goods. These changes will require some difficult choices and new capital investment.