Against the backdrop of an ageing population and a changing climate, nature-based solutions can help provide climate resilience and positive health outcomes.
Given the relatively long lifespan of built infrastructure, and the volume of new builds projected in the coming years, it is crucial for the construction sector to accelerate reducing its environmental footprint.
This publication series aims to provide a starting point in the journey towards a circular economy.
Achieving a Resilient Recovery and a Low-Carbon Economy amidst Canada’s Changing Climate Policy Context
Mike Moffatt, Senior Director at SPI, explores five things to watch in the green economy.
Sixty ways to hit “net zero” & Negative emissions technologies
New research can help experts map the current landscape of low-carbon innovations being offered to energy users in their jurisdictions, to inform an accelerated pathway towards system-wide decarbonization.
SPI has taken on analysis of prominent green economic recovery plans discussed in Canada to identify which projects being advanced in a green recovery offer the most promise to support positive health outcomes
This publication series aims to provide a starting point in the journey towards a circular economy.
Recognizing the opportunity to recover economic value from food loss and waste and increase food security, many agri-food companies have begun undertaking circular solutions: approaches to create more value from the food that is produced.
Meet the people behind the research
Smart Prosperity Institute explores five things to watch in the green economy.
The green tech that will define the 2020s & The business of cutting plastic waste
Shifting to a more "agile" regulatory system – one that is stringent but also flexible and predictable – is increasingly understood as necessary for accelerating the transition to a competitive, low-carbon economy.
Characterizing the impact of demand-side innovations on socio-technical energy systems
Greater Indigenous ownership and control of renewable energy projects is one way to address the economic and climate crises in the post-COVID green economic recovery while contributing to reconciliation and self-determination.
Smart Prosperity Institute explores five things to watch in the green economy.
How Joe Biden will deliver on climate change
