A parliamentary panel is calling on Canadian officials to establish national goals for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the end of the year — a move no other country has taken.
The recommendation was included in a carbon removal report released last week by Canada’s Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. The panel began working on the report in 2024 and spoke to dozens of scientists, industry representatives and Indigenous officials.
“The value and need for CO2 removal targets in Canada’s climate strategy cannot be overstated,” said the report, which focused mainly on the potential of marine carbon removal technologies.
The office of Prime Minister Mark Carney referred questions to a representative of the minister of the environment, climate change and nature, who didn’t immediately respond. Carney previously served as United Nations secretary-general’s special envoy on climate action and finance.
