Canada is facing a yawning shortfall in its commitment to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and both Ottawa and the provinces will have to embrace far more aggressive measures to meet their targets, the federally-appointed National Roundtable on the Economy and Environment says in a new report. In a report prepared at the request of Environment Minister Peter Kent, the agency said Ottawa and Alberta will have to dramatically rein in emissions from the fast-growing oil industry as part of a national climate strategy.

It singled out the Alberta-based oil sector as a key contributor to growing emissions – and therefore a major part of the solution – and suggested governments will need to force the industry to adopt some high-cost solutions, such as carbon capture and storage.