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Colleen Kaiser

Program Director, Governance and Innovation Policy and SPI Postdoctoral Fellow


Four Good Bets for Budget 2020

Join SPI for a series of webinars on four good bets for how Budget 2020 can launch us in the right direction.


Student Blog: Manufacturing Output and Extreme Temperature - Evidence from Canada

There is a growing body of recent work that links economic activity to temperature and weather. This research uses the estimated relationship between temperature and economic output to develop predictions about the impact of future climate change on the manufacturing sector.


Canada is on track to achieve a national GHG target. No, really.

The latest GHG projection from Environment and Climate Change Canada shows Canada is on track to meet or exceed the target of 90% non-emitting electricity generation by 2030.


Video | Nature-Based Solutions: Policy Options for Climate & Biodiversity

This webinar explores nature-based solutions to fight climate change risks, building off of the findings from SPI’s newest report


Webinar | Nature-Based Solutions: Policy Options for Climate & Biodiversity

This webinar will explore nature-based solutions to fight climate change risks, building off of the findings from SPI’s newest report


Nature-Based Solutions: Policy Options for Climate & Biodiversity

This report explores nature-based solutions to fight climate change risks


Video | How to write for and engage with media

Are you a green economy student or researcher? Ensure your work has impact! This video teaches practical skills for effectively communicating your research to journalists and media.


Webinar | How to write for and engage with media

Join Smart Prosperity Institute for a special series of webinars targeted at green economy researchers that will teach practical skills for effectively communicating your research to inform opinions and shape outcomes.


Smart Prosperity Graduate Student Travel Awards | Closed

Offering travel funding to current graduate students conducting environment-economy research


Video | How to write for policy makers

Are you a green economy student or researcher? Ensure your work has impact! This video teaches practical skills for effectively communicating your research to journalists and media.


Webinar | How to write for policy makers

Are you a green economy student or researcher? Ensure your work has impact! Join SPI for a series of webinars that teach practical skills for effectively communicating your research to inform opinions and shape outcomes.


Video | Eight Reasons for Canada to build a Clean Economy NOW

For everyone trying to keep up with the trends and data, this webinar compiled the latest figures supporting the transition to a clean economy, courtesy of SPI’s new report.


Student Blog: Using Non-monetary Incentives for Wildlife Disease Management: A Case Study in Alberta

This research takes an economic perspective on how to address the problem of Chronic Wasting Disease in wild deer populations, asking: what mechanisms may be effective in reducing CWD spread and prevalence, and what are the costs and benefits of these methods?


Webinar | Eight Reasons for Canada to build a Clean Economy NOW

For everyone trying to keep up with the trends and data, this webinar compiles the latest figures supporting the transition to a clean economy, courtesy of SPI’s new report.


Student Blog: Thinking beyond Traditional Environmental Regulation - Innovative Policy Tools for Achieving Local Sustainability and Low-Carbon Transition

Local governments play a critical role in advancing sustainability, and low-carbon transition as municipalities hold significant power and jurisdiction in transportation, waste management, public utilities, planning, and local economic development.


Paige Olmsted

Conservation Finance Specialist


Insurance in a changing climate: Clarifying the sector’s role in supporting sustainable behaviour

This working paper explores the ‘halo effect’ in the insurance industry


There’s promise in planting billions and billions of trees

Is planting 2 billion trees a cost effective way to reduce emissions? Our new modelling breaks down the impact and cost of the federal government’s latest pledge.


Video | How to get regular Canadians to pay attention to your research

This webinar shows the latest trends for how Canadians consume information & shares best practices for turning your research findings into people-friendly communications.


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