Energy, resource consumption, and climate change
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https://doi.org/10.25336/csp29368Keywords:
population and environment, climate, energy use, peak populationAbstract
Population growth, at both the national and global level, will most certainly impact Canada’s climate, and, more broadly, its environment. While Canada’s population has been projected to continue to grow for many decades, what happens elsewhere in terms of population growth will be particularly important to Canada. Although greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in Canada have levelled off somewhat over the last decade and a half, global emissions have continued to climb. As a direct result, with increased GHGs in the atmosphere, Canada’s northern climate has already been impacted in a major way with considerable warming, particularly in its most northern forests and Arctic ecosystems.
L’accroissement de la population, autant à l’échelle nationale que mondiale, aura certainement un effet sur le climat au Canada et, plus largement, sur son environnement. Selon les projections, la population canadienne devrait continuer à augmenter pendant encore plusieurs décennies. Or, ce qui se passe ailleurs en termes d’accroissement de la population sera particulièrement important pour le Canada. Bien que les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) au Canada se soient nivelées au cours de la dernière décennie et demie, les émissions globales ont cependant continué à grimper. En conséquence directe de cette augmentation de GES dans l’atmosphère, le climat dans le nord du Canada a déjà subi un impact majeur par un réchauffement important, surtout dans les forêts les plus au nord et les écosystèmes arctiques.
Mots-clés : population et environnement; climat; utilisation d’énergie; pointe de population
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