3. Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

5. Balancing the Global Carbon Budget for 2 degrees
Must stay below accumulated total CO2 emissions of
1 Trillion tons
Based on the last 20 year’s average emissions, we will reach that limit on August 17, 2037

7. Balancing the Global Carbon Budget for 2 degrees
This requires cutting our emissions by 2.7% /yr
But in 2016 emissions were static over 2015
At an annual rate of 30 billion tons
We’re Building a Huge and Growing Carbon Budget Deficit

8. Global Carbon Budget and Fossil Fuel Reserves
600 GT of carbon have already been pumped into the atmosphere
Current Fossil Fuel reserves world wide are estimated to be 2800 GT or …
Almost 5 times the amount required to burn through 1 TT limit

11. Nationally Canada's new Liberal government retained the old Harper regime's GHG targets but promised to treat them as a floor not a ceiling

15. Gordon Laxer
*founding Director and former head of Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Parkland is a non-corporate research institute that does public interest policy research
*a Political Economist and professor emeritus at the University of Alberta. He is the author of After the Sands. Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians (Sept 2015) Douglas & McIntyre. He is also author or editor of five other books, including Open for Business: The Roots of Foreign Ownership in Canada
*a socially-engaged, public intellectual, his op eds have appeared across the country in publications ranging from the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Edmonton Journal, the Calgary Herald, to Canadian Dimension
*served on the board of the Council of Canadians from 2004 to 2009. 

17. Upcoming Enviro-Cafes
? The Buzz About Biochar
? Hydro Rates, Renewable Energy, and the Climate Crisis

18. Environment Haliburton AGM
Tony Weis, April ?? 2017
Environment Haliburton AGM

19. EH Annual Keynote and Fundraiser
DR. DIANNE SAXE Environment Commissioner of Ontario Thursday July 6, pm Minden Community Centre

20. Planet Haliburton
New Environmental Radio Program co-Hosted by Greg Roe and myself
First show aired on January 30, 2017, 7pm – 8pm
Last Monday of each month – next show February 27, 2017, 7pm – 8pm
Ted Spence from the CEWF on the TSW, Water Management and Climate Change
In the Works:
The Haliburton Forest’s Biochar Project
Shoreline health and water quality
Septic systems and inspection proposals, septage and waterless toilet options
Agal blooms
Local Food quality, security and sustainability
Industrial Agricultural and Climate Change
Endangered and Invasive species
comments and suggestions to Greg and I at

21. Thank You For Joining Us Tonight!
Please pass tonight’s conversation on to family and friends Join us on again on March 14, :30pm Haliburton United Church