HYDROGEN : A VIABLE OPTION FOR A NET-ZERO CANADA IN 2050

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation One The Government of Canada must improve how it models the environmental, economic and social benefits and costs of its energy programs and policies by taking a system perspective and being more transparent about the tradeoffs between options.

Recommendation Two The Government of Canada must make its energy models and related methodologies transparent and accessible to peer-review and public scrutiny and improve governance in this respect to enhance accountability and public trust.

Recommendation Three The Government of Canada must quickly implement the recommendations of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) with respect to the CESD’s hydrogen audit, including completing comprehensive modelling for the use of hydrogen, publishing a hydrogen market development roadmap, adopting a standard framework for estimating the emission reductions of government policies, and improving federal modelling assumptions.

Recommendation Four The Government of Canada must present credible economic and energy transformation plans for achieving NZE2050 and any interim targets along the way, informed by the CESD’s comments about factoring in the “environmental, economic and the social costs, the negative externalities that are not captured by carbon pricing and the negative temporal externalities that are borne by future generations.” 13 HYDROGEN : A VIABLE OPTION FOR A NET-ZERO CANADA IN 2050?

Recommendation Five Where possible, the Government of Canada must seek arrangements where it shares the funding, risk and rewards with hydrogen suppliers and investors in a pro-rated fashion, ensuring mutual benefit and risks. 

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