Tamara Krawchenko (University of Victoria) , Evert Lindquist (University of Victoria)
There has been a rapidly growing literature on climate policy instruments and policy mixes, frameworks for climate policy-making, and pathways for transition and transformations of economies and societies towards carbon neutrality by 2050. Most of this work focuses on greenhouse emissions and gaps in meeting targets, but less on the governance shifts in support of different policy mixes that have been adopted, that need to be sustained, and built upon by national and sub-national governments. This paper sets out a framework for appraising the trajectories, progress, gaps, and slippage of the Canadian government and sub-national governments based on the 440 Megatonnes database of the Canadian Climate Institute and additional case study analysis.