Q&A: Talking Payment for Ecosystem Services with Gillian Kerr
March 7, 2023
Smart Prosperity Institute is thrilled to welcome Gillian Kerr as our newest Senior Research Associate. Gillian has worked in Canada’s environment community for almost 30 years as an environmental policy analyst, ecological economist, and champion of understanding the value of nature. We caught up with Gillian as she hits the ground running here at SPI, to learn more about her exciting new work on payment for ecosystem services (PES).
Blog Post
How polar bear conservation can promote development in Inuit communities
Leveraging Competition Law and Policy to Promote Inclusive Growth in Canada
Conventional economic wisdom says that the growth of our national GDP is important because it leads to higher living standards. However, in recent decades this traditional wisdom has been challenged as inequality in income and wealth has grown in Canada and globally. While many Canadians benefit from increases in our collective prosperity, the data are clear that wealthy and high-income individuals are reaping the most from economic growth.
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Guest Blog: Understanding renewable energy clusters and their role in a just transition
December 19, 2022
Blog Post
What we can talk about when we don’t talk about profit
“We have solutions, but they have not been deployed because the system has not figured out how to make money off of them” – Melissa Quesenelle, Indigenous Sustainable Structures Collaborative.
December 14, 2022
Guest post by Sarah-Anne Thompson
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Webinar: Investing in the future of Ontario’s Greenbelt
