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Financial actors need better climate-related data and analytics

Jun 10, 2020

Canada’s pathway to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience to climate change will ultimately depend on the allocation of capital. Making smart decisions around the allocation of capital demands robust and trusted data and analytics.

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Will COVID Recovery Be a Tipping Point for the Circular Economy?

Jun 08, 2020

Might the shocks of the current global pandemic and economic slowdown to the socio-economic system present a tipping point and acceleration towards a circular economy?

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Student Blog: Cooperative and integrated solutions for plastic pollution in the World Ocean

Jun 05, 2020

Plastic pollution in marine habitats is a growing concern in Canada and worldwide, and it calls for actions, solutions, and cooperation stretching across individual country borders.

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Carbon pricing isn’t enough to drive a green recovery. Here’s why

Jun 02, 2020

Canada will need stimulus spending, and it should drive investment and jobs in green opportunities.

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Guest Blog: Through the COVID Looking Glass - 12 Design Principles for Winning the Peace

May 21, 2020

This post supports the work of the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery.

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Pilot projects are a smart place to put stimulus dollars

May 12, 2020

The federal government should put money behind piloting promising solutions that offer tangible benefits, de-risk future investment and create new markets for jobs for unemployed and underemployed young people.

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Not Your Typical Recession: Analysis of the April Labour Force Survey

May 08, 2020

Today’s release of the April Labour Force Survey data confirms that this economic downturn is unlike anything we have ever seen before in Canada. As such, it will require a new way of thinking and a new set of tools to combat the recession.

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3 Ingredients for Smart Stimulus

Apr 30, 2020

We are about to make a once-in-a-generation investment in rebuilding Canada’s economy. Using this tool, we can help make sure those stimulus dollars are used to make smart investments in Canada’s present and future.

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Special Research Funding Opportunity

Apr 30, 2020

Climate and Environmental Policy in the context of COVID-19

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Guest Blog: How COVID-19 is impacting the plastics recycling industry

Apr 29, 2020

Before COVID-19 hit the world, things were really starting to look up for the plastics recycling industry. How can it regain its investment traction in the face of economic recession?

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Guest Blog: The Technique Effect and Canada's Manufacturing Clean-Up

Apr 28, 2020

What is causing Canadian industries to become cleaner? Evidence suggests it’s climate policy.

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Stewart Elgie talks smart stimulus on CBC Radio’s All in a Day

Apr 27, 2020

SPI’s Stewart Elgie spoke with CBC Radio for a segment on building a smart, green economic recovery for Canada post-pandemic

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We still need 2020 to be the year of nature, perhaps more than ever

Apr 22, 2020

Instead of bouncing back, let’s bounce forward to a future in which we value and invest in the environment, benefitting nature and people.

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8 conditions Canada should attach to upcoming oil and gas bail-outs

Apr 22, 2020

If additional federal aid is given, it should come with strings attached that help Canada’s oil and gas sector become more resilient to price shocks and to support its transition to a low-carbon economy.

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Student Blog: Understanding policy shifts - the case of climate policy in Ontario

Apr 20, 2020

Why is it that within a single jurisdiction some climate policies become entrenched, and others do not?

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What could a “just transition” look like for fossil fuel dependent regions?

Apr 17, 2020

It is especially timely to consider the call for “just transition” plans, which seek to ensure fossil fuel-dependent communities and workers are not left behind.

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Should we bail out the old, or bail in the new?

Apr 15, 2020

As industry groups head to Ottawa and the provincial capitals for help, we need to make sure this unprecedented aid aims not just to help everyone get by, but also to help transition to a sustainable and prosperous future.

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What Canada's COVID-19 economic stimulus plan should look like when it comes

Apr 14, 2020

Three lessons for stimulating a smart, post-COVID economic recovery that puts people to work today building the economy of tomorrow

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Ottawa’s bail-outs need to help airline and oil and gas sectors grow greener

Apr 08, 2020

If done right, the federal government can use bail-out support for struggling industries to help them preserve jobs today and meet their goals for future success in a low-carbon economy.

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Supply chains are being tested by COVID-19. Next up: the climate test

Apr 07, 2020

Building resilience in our supply chains will help prepare Canada for the next pandemic, as well as the effects of climate change.

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