To stay consistent with Canada’s climate targets and the Paris Agreement, this “mandated stored fraction” needs to rise from near-zero today to 10 per cent by the mid-2030s, eventually reaching 100 per cent by mid-century. By this standard, the current Pathways proposal is not ambitious enough. It focuses primarily on cleaning up operations. While this is an essential step, it is only the start. A credible path to net zero requires addressing the emissions embedded in the oil extracted, not just the energy used to extract it.
