Greening the Capitals – How Cities can address Sustainability
Competing in the Global Bioeconomy Market
This by-invitation only event will convene academics, policy makers, private sector and NGO representatives to discuss research needs and opportunities
Today, the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance released its interim report. It describes the growing global shift to clean growth and climate resiliency, and sets out the main types of financial products, activities and market solutions that Canada can pursue to unleash the private investment needed to capture this critical economic opportunity.
Today the government announced how and to whom its federal carbon pricing system will apply across Canada, and how revenue collected through the carbon fuel charge will be distributed.
The findings of the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C remind readers that climate change is not a distant uncertain reality that future generations will deal with, but rather that it is happening here and now within present lifetimes.
The 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.
Are you a graduate student conducting environment-economy research? Looking for funding to present your research at a (virtual) conference? Consider applying for a Smart Prosperity Graduate Student Travel Award
Developing a reproducible approach to enhancing the durability of products with high rates of innovation will become increasingly important as Canada transitions towards a circular economy.
Climate change litigation is on the rise, and the judicial systems of many countries will likely be fielding an increasing number of climate change related cases in the years ahead.
Deadline to apply extended to September 12, 2018
SPI Work-Study Student, 2018-2019
Product durability is a key aspect of achieving a circular economy. Lengthening a product’s useful life decreases overall resource use, waste, and can save consumers money by minimizing the rate of product replacement.
Why has achieving gender parity in the existing brown and emerging green economies been, as of now, relatively unsuccessful?
As of January 1st, 2019, the federal carbon pricing system will add an additional levy to fossil fuels, based on their carbon dioxide equivalent content (CO2e) within any province or territory that doesn’t have their own comparable carbon pricing system in place.
One of the key ways to ease the effect of habitat loss is by encouraging private landowners to become partners in species conservation.
Senior Research Associate at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR)
