Analyzing the climate

For those looking to spend a Sunday on the intricacies of climate change politics, a couple of links you'll want to check out.

First, Greg Weston sets out in easily-digestible terms how Canada's current emissions break down by sector. While the breakdown may be ripe for Rona Ambrose-style "we'd have to force livestock to reverse its flatulence 8 times over!" drivel, it also shows fairly clearly that an entirely manageable percentage cut in emissions across the various sectors can get Canada to its Kyoto targets.

Second, the Blogging Party of Canada is in the middle of a series reviewing the NDP's Green Strategy. See Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 so far. While I don't agree entirely with the analysis (e.g. giving no credit to the prospect of building retrofitting, assuming that solar panel technology will remain at current prices and availability levels, etc.), it's certainly worth taking a critical eye to the plan to evaluate both its strengths, and the areas which can be improved.

Update: One more via Robert, as David Akin points out what emission reductions have cost so far under programs implemented by the Libs.