How municipalities can use their fiscal tools to reach their sustainability goals

Dec 01, 2015

Recently, Sustainable Prosperity in partnership with Dr. Amelia Clarke from the University of Waterloo published the Sustainable Alignment Manual (SAM).

The Road to Paris: How a little initiative can make a big difference

Nov 30, 2015

3 Reasons why Green Tape Measures Up to scrutiny

Nov 25, 2015

Environmental regulations – often referred to as ‘green tape’ – are commonly portrayed as pitting regulator against regulatee, business against government, environmentalists against industry groups, environment against economy. But the latest evidence shows that green tape does not polarize.

Taking Stock and Looking Forward

Nov 24, 2015

The big environmental story coming out of Ontario this year is the government’s decision to introduce a cap-and-trade system in the province. This province-wide environmental market will cap greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, indirectly putting a price on carbon emissions and sending a signal for business to use cleaner energy and processes.

Ottawa Talks Climate Change Ahead of Paris

Nov 24, 2015

The German Embassy in Canada together with Sustainable Prosperity and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) hosted a discussion "Ahead of Paris: Towards a New Global Climate Deal". The keynote speaker was Klaus Töpfer, former UNEP Executive Director and German Environment Minister.

COP 21: We can do this

Nov 20, 2015

Ahead of Paris: the role of science in shaping future climate policy

Nov 20, 2015

Government and the Economy

Nov 19, 2015

As one of its 'Five Burning Platforms,' Canada2020 organized a panel on the Canadian economy. Diana Carney, Director of Strategy & Engagement at the Institute of Public Policy Research moderated the panel, which included Mike Moffatt, Assistant Professor at the Ivey School of Business, Danielle Goldfarb, Director of the Global Commerce Center at The Conference Board of Canada and Jascha Jabes, Director of Corporate Finance at Scotiabank.

Q&A with Martin Heintzelman

Nov 12, 2015

Martin D. Heintzelman is the Fulbright Visiting Chair at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of the Environment.

The Political Economy of Carbon Pricing

Nov 06, 2015

What’s in a name? Canada’s new Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Nov 04, 2015

Americans ask themselves: “What’s nature got to do with it?”

Oct 14, 2015

The SP Student Network: Cultivating the next generation of environment and economy leaders

Oct 08, 2015

If you teach a policy maker to (account for) fish: Looking at natural capital issues and management in Thailand’s fishing sector

Oct 07, 2015

One of the main questions the Natural Capital and Productivity project seeks to answer is ‘what might Canada do better, in order to improve its economic and environmental performance’?

What do Québec, California and the Netherlands have in common? They love electric cars

Sep 30, 2015

Linking Natural Capital and Productivity – Why the Forest Products Sector is such an interesting case study

Sep 28, 2015

How to maximize value: Options for allocating carbon pricing revenue

Sep 08, 2015

Why We’re Examining the Link Between Natural Capital & Productivity

Aug 27, 2015

Innovation Blog 5 – What will it take? More voices add to the conversation

Aug 13, 2015

First they funded me, then they hired me: Sharing my research findings on U.S. energy substitution

Jul 23, 2015