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Climate Change & the Environment

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.

BC NDP
  • Dedicate a portion of provincial revenue from new oil and gas development to clean energy incentive programmes, starting with a $50M investment

    "Creating the Clean Futures Fund: Dedicating a portion of provincial revenue from new oil and gas development to fund climate action programs that help families and businesses choose less costly clean energy and create new jobs, starting with an investment of $50 million." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Virtually eliminate methane emissions by 2035

    "Slash methane emissions: BC has made significant progress in our goal of cutting emissions by 75% by 2030, with a 50% cut achieved two years early. A re-elected BC NDP government will refocus its efforts to meet this goal and work to virtually eliminate methane emissions by 2035" — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22

BC Conservative
  • Repeal CleanBC, which is meant to lower BC's emissions by 40% by 2030

    "Repeal CleanBC to remove barriers to investment and growth." — Ready to Delivery, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Change how emissions are counted to include forests and emissions reductions overseas from products BC supplied

    "Tracking emissions accurately. We will count emissions where they occur and report BC’s emissions alongside emissions avoided through cleaner BC exports. Gas replacing coal overseas reduces global emissions; moving a BC mill to a dirtier jurisdiction does not. The full value of our forests will be counted in our favour as emissions offsets. BC can be a significant part of the global solution through cleaner energy exports." — Ready to Delivery, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Remove the zero-emission vehicle sales quota

    "Protect driver choice. End the zero-emission vehicle sales quota and you choose the vehicle that works for your family and work." — Ready to Delivery, retrieved 2026-10-18

BC Green
  • Bring in a new climate action plan with clear sector-by-sector milestones, annual public reporting, and real consequences for government

    "Treat the climate crisis like the emergency it is. We’ll bring in a new provincial climate action plan that meets the targets demanded by the climate emergency, with clear sector-by-sector milestones, annual public reporting, and real consequences when government falls behind." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Require major policies, infrastructure investments, and industrial decisions to be assessed against climate targets and climate risks

    "Require major policies, infrastructure investments and industrial decisions to be assessed against BC’s climate targets and climate risks." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Maintain current legislated long-term climate targets, and set interim targets and accountability measures

    "Maintain BC’s legislated long-term climate targets and establish interim targets and accountability measures that reflect where emissions are today and keep the province on track for 2040 and 2050." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Accelerate the phaseout of methane and eliminate routine venting, reduce flaring, and address compressor and fugitive emissions
  • Strengthen the industrial carbon-pricing system

    "Strengthen BC’s industrial carbon-pricing system so major polluters face a meaningful and rising incentive to reduce their emissions, including by preventing an oversupply of credits from weakening the system." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Require the oil and gas sector to reduce emissions, with a binding sectoral emissions cap if existing regulations and industrial carbon pricing do not deliver

    "Require the oil and gas sector to reduce emissions in line with BC’s climate targets, with a binding sectoral emissions cap if existing regulations and industrial carbon pricing do not deliver the required reductions." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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