Energy, resource consumption, and climate change

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 Canada's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have levelled off somewhat over the last decade and a half, global emissions have continued to climb. As a direct result, with increased GHG emissions 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.