How can we responsibly develop hydrocarbon energy?

For centuries, hydrocarbons have provided the majority of the world’s energy. More recently we’ve come to realize the unintended consequences of emitting carbon dioxide to the atmosphere in affecting the global climate. These emerging affects are creating increasing worldwide pressure to reduce the amount of new carbon introduced into the atmosphere.  Since the timelines needed to significantly reduce our dependence on hydrocarbons are measured in decades, it remains important to be increasingly responsible in how these resources are developed and used.  The projects in these three themes focus on supply-side activities of Canada's key hydrocarbon resources.