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Circular Economy Global Sector Best Practices Series

This publication series aims to provide a starting point in the journey towards a circular economy.


Constructing a Sustainable Future: Buildings & Getting to Net Zero

In collaboration with SPI, the students of uOttawa's M.Sc. Environmental Sustainability program invite you to learn about sustainable building and getting to net zero.


The Stories that Bind Us: Advancing Electromobility in Canada

The stories that are told about electric vehicles can rally business and political leaders, as well as consumers, to resist or embrace this technology.


The stories that bind us: electromobility transition storylines in Québec, Ontario, and Alberta

This working paper explores how actors, context and content shape scenarios on pathways to sustainability.


Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Christina Hoicka and team

Meet the people behind the research


Episode 3: Nov 11

Designing a conservative climate agenda & Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies


Researcher Spotlight Series

Meet the people behind the research


Q&A with Fulbright Visiting Research Chair Kenneth Richards

Smart Prosperity Institute caught up with Dr. Kenneth Richards ahead of his 2020-21 term as Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Environmental Policy.


Brennan Vogel

Teaching Faculty at the University of Western Ontario Centre for Environment and Sustainability & Part Time Faculty at Kings University College


Here’s how policymakers can design green and inclusive recovery plans

Identifying measures that advance both climate and equity objectives is hard, but essential and achievable.


Five Things Happening in the Clean Economy This Week

Mike Moffatt, Senior Director at SPI, explores five things to watch in the clean economy.


Video | Innovation for a Circular Economy - Learning from the Clean Growth Journey​

This webinar explored the full suite of public policies needed to support innovation for a circular economy in Canada.


Webinar | Innovation for a Circular Economy: Learning from the Clean Growth Journey

This webinar will explore the full suite of public policies needed to support innovation for a circular economy in Canada.


Agile Regulation: Key to a Strong and Low-Carbon COVID-19 Economic Recovery

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 low-carbon economy.


Innovation for a Circular Economy: Learning from the Clean Growth Journey

An in-depth examination of the full suite of public policies needed to support innovation for a circular economy in Canada.


Episode 2: Oct 28

Canada's auto sector goes electric & A look inside the Indigenous economy


Guest Blog: Lessons for Canada’s next residential energy efficiency retrofit program

Addressing greenhouse gas emissions from the existing residential building stock will be critical in achieving deep emissions reductions.


SPI's Stephanie Cairns at the World Circular Economy Forum Online

Powering the Circular Economy: The Role of Hydrogen


Guest Blog: Don’t ignore economic lessons of the Great Recession: new UNEP report

A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme says the world has a second – and possibly last – chance to tackle climate change and other environmental threats.


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