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Funding for Municipal Natural Asset Management

Evidence of the value of municipal natural asset management from a growing number of Canadian municipalities provides a strong rationale to fund natural assets and their management.


Video | Construction and Carbon: The Impact of Climate Policy on Building in Canada in 2025

This webinar explored the impact of climate policy on building in Canada in 2025. Over the next few years, the construction sector is one of the “winners” of carbon pricing, as escalating carbon prices unleash a wave of business and household investment.


Webinar | Landmark U.N. Biodiversity Report with Lead Co-Author

Dr. Kai Chan helped write the recently launched U.N. Biodiversity Report, and negotiated its release in Paris. Hear from him firsthand about the report findings on biodiversity loss – and the systemic solutions we need to embrace.


Webinar | Construction and Carbon: The Impact of Climate Policy on Building in Canada in 2025

This webinar will explore the impact of climate policy on building in Canada in 2025. Over the next few years, the construction sector is one of the “winners” of carbon pricing, as escalating carbon prices unleash a wave of business and household investment.


Annie Arko

SPI Summer Student 2019


Canada and the Netherlands Going Circular

Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Canada, Henk van der Zwan, invites you to a Circular Economy Event


Webinar | Landmark U.N. Biodiversity Report with Lead Co-Author – May 21 @ 1 pm EDT

Dr. Kai Chan helped write the recently launched U.N. Biodiversity Report, and negotiated its release in Paris. Hear from him firsthand about the report findings on biodiversity loss – and the systemic solutions we need to embrace.


What is Needed to Build a Successful Green New Deal in Canada

A successful GND movement across Canada will need to attract good ideas from across the political spectrum, acknowledge ambitious political action from wherever it emerges, push for further momentum on top of these wins and hold politicians accountable for inaction.


Webinar | The Saskatchewan Court Decision on the Federal Carbon Pricing Law

On Friday, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act is constitutionally valid. Stewart Elgie will speak about the Saskatchewan Court Decision on the Federal Carbon Pricing Law.


Smart Prosperity Graduate Student Travel Awards | Closed

Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI) offers travel awards for conference attendance on a competitive basis to current graduate students conducting environment-economy research of policy relevance for Canada.


Construction and Carbon: The Impact of Climate Policy on Building in Canada in 2025

Over the next few years, the construction sector is one of the “winners” of carbon pricing, as escalating carbon prices unleash a wave of business and household investment.


The Time is Right for New Thinking on Nature Conservation

We have before us an opportune moment to reflect on new approaches to conservation in Canada.


Commentary on the Draft 2019-2022 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy

Smart Prosperity Institute provides comments on the draft 2019-2022 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy.


Ontario Budget: Light on ambition, light on details

This budget is light on details, and it is also light on ambition for meeting the environmental challenges we face and seizing the opportunities that a clean economy provides.


Tax Incentives for Clean Growth: Balancing sticks with carrots

Canada has enormous potential to be a global leader in the clean economy. Targeted tax incentives can be the carrots that help address existing barriers and jump-start Canada’s clean innovation ecosystem to drive clean growth.


Tax Incentives to Boost Clean Growth: Investor Tax Credits and Flow-Through Shares

Providing targeted incentives to invest in small cleantech companies represents an opportunity to help Canada’s cleantech sector realize its potential and catalyze a dynamic growing industry.


Tax Incentives to Boost Clean Growth: Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance

There is a need to balance ambitious environmental policies with targeted incentives that can help Canadian businesses accelerate the adoption of clean technologies across the economy and boost business competitiveness to compete in a cleaner, more innovative global economy.


Canada in a Changing Climate

Today’s release of Canada’s Changing Climate Report answers the questions: How has Canada’s climate changed to date? …Why?... And what changes are projected in the future?


Submission to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks on the 10th Year Review of Ontario's Endangered Species Act

Smart Prosperity Institute provides its recommendations in response to the Discussion Paper for the 10th Year Review of Ontario's Endangered Species Act (ESA)


Guest Blog: Do Carbon Taxes Kill Jobs? New Evidence of “Job Shifting”

How do carbon taxes impact jobs? A recent Smart Prosperity Institute Clean Economy Working Paper explores the impact of BC’s carbon tax on employment.


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