Harry Wruck, a lawyer representing Sierra Club BC, told the BC Supreme Court that the 2019 climate change liability legislation requires the government to publish annual reports outlining progress towards 2025 emissions targets, 2040 and 2050.
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VANCOUVER — An environmental group has gone to court against the British Columbia government for allegedly failing to report whether its climate plans will meet key greenhouse gas emissions targets, as required by provincial law.
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Harry Wruck, a lawyer representing Sierra Club BC, told the BC Supreme Court that the 2019 climate change liability legislation requires the government to publish annual reports outlining progress towards 2025 emissions targets, 2040 and 2050.
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Wruck, who is representing the club in a lawsuit against the government, says the annual reports are the only mechanism for transparency and accountability, but they do not show how far the plans are taking BC towards its goals.
Matt Hulse, another lawyer representing the environmental group, said outside court that the lack of information on targets related to the oil and gas sector is particularly concerning because it is a large contributor to emissions.
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The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy says in a statement that the province has the strongest climate responsibility measures in Canada.
It says its annual reports provide the latest data available, but the Sierra Club says the province still doesn’t say explicitly what action it would take to help the province meet its various goals.
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