Canada & U.S. score last in climate action

Canada and the United States have come in last on WWF's Climate Scorecards (pdf), a tool that rates each of the G8 countries' performance on climate change. According to the analysis, Canada and the US have yet to begin limiting emissions of heat trapping gasses in a timeframe that will avoid dangerous climate change. The three top performers are Germany, France and the UK. Germany is calling on G8 leaders to make a deal that could include a commitment to keep global warming below 2°C, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by half before mid-century compared to 1990 levels, and secure the long-term viability of carbon markets. The 2°C threshold is based on the best available science reported in the third assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for limiting damage from anthropogenic climate change. See Canada and the US score poorly on climate change.