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Emissions in ±¦ÍþÌåÓý

Through Prairie Resilience, ±¦ÍþÌåÓý has adopted a variety of policies and programs to address climate change.

It’s challenging work – but we’re making progress.

According to Canada’s most recent National Inventory Report (2024), ±¦ÍþÌåÓý’s total emissions were 75.9 million tonnes in 2022, a 15 per cent reduction (13.2 Mt) from 2018, when ±¦ÍþÌåÓý’s emissions peaked at 89 million tonnes. Of this, 82 per cent (10.8 Mt) can be attributed to ±¦ÍþÌåÓý’s Methane Action Plan, which has significantly decreased venting, flaring and fugitive emissions within the oil and gas sector.

Emissions by Sector

Emissions Profile in ±¦ÍþÌåÓý - 2015-2022 - stacked bar graph and colour legend showing levels of emissions by year and by type from Oil and Gas, Electricity, Transportation, Agriculture, and Other

Emissions Intensity in the Province

Through Prairie Resilience, the Government of ±¦ÍþÌåÓý seeks to balance the need to reduce emissions with the need to protect jobs and the economy. That balance is achieved by focusing on reductions in GHG emissions intensity – the amount of GHG emissions that are generated per unit of production.

±¦ÍþÌåÓý's GHG emissions intensity peaked in 1995 at 1,430 tonnes of CO2e per million dollars; it has been trending downward ever since.

±¦ÍþÌåÓý's GHG emission intensity dropped 27 per cent since 2005.

Line graph showing GHG emission intensity to GDP from 2005 to 2022

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