Canada

A Conservative victory over the Liberals in the Canadian election could lead to nearly 800m extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

This amounts to the entire annual emissions of the UK and France combined.

These extra emissions would cause around C$233bn ($169bn) in climate damages around the world, based on the Canadian government’s official costings.

The right-leaning Conservative party, led by Pierre Poilievre, has pledged to cut one of the nation’s most significant climate policies – industrial carbon pricing – as well as other key regulations.

If these policies are removed and not replaced, modelling by researchers from Simon Fraser University and University of Victoria shows that Canada’s gradually declining emissions would likely start to creep up again in the coming years.

In contrast, emissions would continue to fall under the policies currently backed by Mark Carney’s centre-left Liberal party, which has overseen a modest decrease over the past decade.

However, Carbon Brief analysis of the modelling also suggests that neither of the major parties’ policy platforms would put Canada on track to reach any of its climate targets.

These figures complement analysis by the Canadian government showing that the nation still needs to implement more ambitious measures in order to reach its target to cut emissions to net-zero by 2050.