Last month, Canada’s former environment minister Steven Guilbeault resigned as an MP, accusing the federal government of rolling back environmental protections in favour of economic priorities. His departure reflects a deepening tension at the heart of Canada’s climate strategy, as Ottawa struggles to reconcile its competing climate and industry commitments.

That tension is about to become harder to manage with Canada’s 2030 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40–45 percent below 2005 levels quickly approaching. Federal policymakers have promised ambitious climate action. But there is still a significant blind spot for Canada’s largest federal emitter: the country’s military. In order to fulfill its climate promises and reliably mitigate emissions, Canada must close this accounting gap by finally measuring and reporting its defence emissions. 

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Military activity and its vast supply chains represent one of the largest unaccounted sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the world and are estimated to account for approximately 5.5 percent of........

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