As a result of their deliberations committees may make recommendations which they include in their reports for the consideration of the House of Commons or the Government. Recommendations related to this study are listed below.

Recommendation 1

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada, in light of the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, push for greater global ambition on GHG reductions, to accelerate the shift to a low carbon economy.

Recommendation 2

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada promote Canada’s clean energy sources as a means to attract international investment and position Canada as a location for low-emission industrial production and technology development.

Recommendation 3

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada provide policy certainty to Canadian businesses and spur low carbon innovation by ensuring that the price signal of carbon pricing remains intact.

Recommendation 4

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada permit airlines to purchase offsets, managed within a transparent and robust governance regime, to help meet their greenhouse gas emissions targets.

Recommendation 5

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada further incentivize the development and commercialization of low-greenhouse-gas-emission airline fuels.

Recommendation 6

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada take a leadership role in supporting clean technology development, not only to reduce emissions and grow the economy in Canada, but also to help other countries meet their emissions reductions goals.

Recommendation 7

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada maintain Canada’s position as a global leader in pricing carbon pollution and work with other countries to expand the number of jurisdictions pricing carbon.

Recommendation 8

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada work towards making climate policy a non-partisan issue.

Recommendation 9

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada embark on a process to identify Canadian non-governmental organizations and local civil society organizations capable of delivering effective projects to support adaptation and vulnerable populations in other countries, and help these organizations access Canadian and international climate finance funds.

Recommendation 10

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada increase the proportion of its climate finance funding that is dedicated to adaptation measures to 50%.

Recommendation 11

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada ensure that a greater amount of the climate finance is given as grants and not just as loans, given the difficulty of repayment for many of the poorest and most vulnerable states.

Recommendation 12

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada increase its climate finance further in future years with the goal of arriving at Canada's “fair share” of global climate finance based on the size of its economy; approximately $1.8 billion annually.

Recommendation 13

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada, having committed to an international review of its fossil fuel subsidies, ensure that the results of this review are transparently shared, and that Canada continues to seek ways to reduce and eliminate fossil fuel subsidies.

Recommendation 14

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada continue to include innovative provisions in Canada’s regional and bilateral trade agreements, particularly in areas that might assist with the transition to a low carbon economy and with trade in environmental goods and services.

Recommendation 15

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada take measures to protect and grow Canada’s natural carbon sinks, such as forests, wetlands, soils, and oceans.

Recommendation 16

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada consider using internationally transferred mitigation outcomes to meet its emissions reduction targets and that it develop an approach to internationally transferred mitigation outcomes that clearly supports greater global ambition in terms of emissions reduction.

Recommendation 17

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada develop a national regime on the use of internationally transferred mitigation outcomes for Canada by establishing clear rules on their use, including what types of credits are acceptable, standards on measurement, reporting, and verification, and limitations on use, and that this regime have a mechanism to ensure that key principles, such as supporting emissions reduction ambition, are respected.

Recommendation 18

The committee recommends that the Government of Canada develop a strong mechanism for accountability for accomplishing the objectives of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. This mechanism should involve development of key indicators that help Canada measure progress over time and report consistently on that progress, with the goal of taking concrete action to meet Canada’s Paris Agreement commitments.