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“Canada has about 0.5% of the world's population, but contributes about 2% of the total global greenhouse gas emissions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declared that "warming of the climate's system is unequivocal" and that there is a "very high confidence" that human activity since 1750 has played a significant role in overloading the atmosphere with carbon dioxide. It is a global problem with global consequences.”