Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Canadian Agriculture: Policies and Reduction Measures

The more user-friendly the models are, the more producers and businesses will use them, and the more data will be captured and used to improve GHG emission estimations and predictions, and mitigate GHG emissions from Canadian agriculture. [...] Policy approaches by national and local governments include adaptation planning, decision-making and implementation, providing support and relevant frameworks to institutions, to the private sector and to communities and civil society. [...] Perceptions of a carbon tax may improve over time with continued efforts for regular reporting, transparency and more visibility of the effects of carbon taxes, improving the credibility of governments and policy-makers and increasing adoptability. [...] The more user-friendly models are developed and the more producers and businesses use them, the better the model validation processes and the higher the communication and trust between policy-makers and the agri- business community. [...] Upscaling model use and BMPs through policy and practice is increasingly important and key to the sustainability of agricultural production in Canada and globally.