(British Columbia) CleanBC Roadmap 2030

Country / jurisdiction: Canada · Year: 2021 · Status: In force · Level: State/Provincial · Type: Voluntary

The CleanBC Roadmap is British Columbia's (B.C.) plan to expand and accelerate climate action to meet the province's 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and create a pathway to reach the 2050 net-zero emissions target. The Roadmap builds on existing policies and lays out a series of actions across eight pathways: Low Carbon Energy; Transportation; Buildings; Communities; Industry (including Oil and Gas); Forest Bioeconomy; Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries; and Negative Emission Technologies.

The following actions will be taken in the oil and gas sector:

The strengthening of methane policies that will reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 75% by 2030 and nearly eliminate all industrial methane emissions by 2035.

The introduction of a requirement that all new large industrial facilities must have a plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

The release of a new industrial climate program to ensure that the sectoral target of a 33-38% emissions reduction below 2007 levels in met.

The commitment to clean up 100% of current orphan wells in B.C. before 2030 through the industry-funded Orphan Site Reclamation Fund.

The integration of emissions goals into the oil and gas royalty system.

The advancement of a provincial approach to carbon capture, utilisation and storage and negative emissions technologies.

Official source: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/climate-change/action/cleanbc/cleanbc_roadmap_2030.pdf