EEPRN Student Researcher, 2018-2019
The 2018 State of the Market report marks the seventh annual stocktake of green bonds and green finance in Canada, produced in partnership with the Climate Bonds Initiative.
Last year, green bonds continued to demonstrate their potential as an important tool for financing clean growth that can produce economic profits as well as environmental rewards.
Associate Professor of Energy in the Forest Resources Management department at the University of British Columbia
EEPRN Student Researcher, 2018-2019
EEPRN Student Researcher, 2018-2019
Discover how Canadian municipalities are eliminating plastic waste in their communities by adopting a circular economy approach
Work-Study Student Researcher 2018-2020
In collaboration with the Insurance Bureau of Canada, and the Co-operators Group Limited, Smart Prosperity is pleased to provide this submission in response to the call from the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance.
The Government of British Columbia has tabled their 2019 budget "Making Life Better: A Plan for B.C." which lays out $902 million in new funding for implementing CleanBC, the government’s clean growth and climate strategy.
A plastics circular economy in Canada would recirculate materials in an environmentally- and financially-sustainable closed loop. It reduces waste and emissions while capturing value.
This webinar will explore plastics management through the lens of circular economy
An analysis of policy options and research needs for protecting species at risk through invasive species management.
If Canadians (or citizens anywhere) want well-being to continue for their children and grandchildren, the country’s comprehensive wealth must be sustained.
Tapping into what matters: Relational values and policy mixes for sustainability
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.
My career as both a policy researcher and as a professor has been focused on issues around innovation, trade, and regional economic development. This makes a think-tank with an environmental focus the perfect spot for continuing this work.
The global electric vehicle (EV) market continues to power up, with potential global sales of 11 million in 2025. The two case studies described in this blog illustrate examples of policy stickiness and policy ambition.
This paper examines the complexities of designing policies that can keep Earth within the biophysical limits favourable to human life.
We consistently overestimate the costs and underestimate the benefits of environmental regulations. In fact, costs of environmental regulations are often overestimated by at least double, and sometimes by a factor of 10 or more.
