Circular Economy - Shared Prosperity for the Long Term
People, organizations, and governments are recognizing that when it comes to biodiversity loss the question is no longer whether we can afford to change, but whether we can afford not to.
Safeguarding biodiversity is a critical ingredient to a sustainable future.
Advancing the Business Case for the Canadian Centre for Climate Information and Analytics (C3IA)
The Ontario experience is a warning that Populist attacks based on a climate policy’s consumer costs remain a serious political threat, even where the actual economic effects on citizens are quite small.
In its final report, the independent Task Force for a Resilient Recovery calls for 5 bold moves, supported by $55.4 billion in investments, to kickstart Canada’s long-term economic recovery from COVID-19.
In its final report, the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery calls for 5 bold moves to kickstart Canada’s long-term economic recovery from COVID-19.
Canadians want a green and inclusive recovery. Here's how to advance both.
It is our hope that this input helps identify ways to strengthen the upcoming final recommendations report for the Task Force, and provides additional policy details for the Bold Moves for Recovery that Canada may undertake to build back better.
Policymakers across North America are seeing the potential of a federal well cleanup effort—though some surmountable roadblocks lie ahead.
Developing a model to assess EV battery material requirements.
Estimating the demand for occupations with higher green skill requirements following the introduction of a carbon tax in BC.
Green stimulus is most effective in areas where workers have the skills necessary to work in green jobs. Using recently released data from the Labour Force Survey, this post explores implications for the Canadian labour market.
SPI submitted the Resilient Recovery Framework to the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery on May 19. It proposes assessing government recovery measures against nine criteria.
Announcing four newly-funded research projects focusing on climate and environmental policy in the context of COVID-19 and economic recovery.
In a world reeling from the COVID-19 impact on health and economy, smart public stimulus is a powerful tool to both avoid the more searing effects of recession and effect a structural change towards a low-carbon economy.
The Cohort 2 project refined the municipal natural asset methodology that was piloted in Cohort 1, and added additional practical examples to the evidence base for municipal natural asset management.
Apply now to our call for two Fulbright visiting research chairs, in Environment & Economy and Environmental Policy at the University of Ottawa. The deadline to apply is September 15th, 2020.
Despite various legislative and economic recovery initiatives, the current Alberta provincial government has yet to really acknowledge – let alone meaningfully respond to – the growing public liabilities that continue to be generated by the oil and gas sector.
