A well-designed carbon price -- achieved either through a tax or emissions trading system -- is a perfect example of how flexibility, stringency, and predictability work together to create a cost-effective environmental policy that spurs innovation.
As part of our submission to the Green Growth Knowledge Platform’s (GGKP) 5th Annual Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure, the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI) has prepared a report on the emerging strategy to manage natural assets, such as woodlands, wetlands, and creeks in urban areas, as part of a sustainable infrastructure strategy.
Imagine it’s the year 2030 (and beyond). Canada is very different – yet still instantly recognizable. Our cities and towns are vibrant and green, with clean air, and great quality of life.
This White Paper presents areas where Smart Prosperity Institute sees a need for more analysis to underpin the development of policies that support emissions reduction and clean economic growth, with the wellbeing of Canadians at heart.
Canadian municipalities are exploring exciting new ways to provide water and stormwater services to their communities. At Blue Cities 2017, we heard from the municipalities who are adapting within a changing industry by providing their citizens with increased value from efficient, sustainable services.
Did you know that in 2013, Ottawa residents produced 175,000 tonnes of trash? This waste not only costs the city millions of dollars ($23.4 million in 2014, to be exact), it’s also filling our landfills and polluting our waterways.
Offsets represent an important and high-potential policy area for reducing GHG emissions at the lowest cost, extending incentives outside beyond regulated sectors, and accelerating clean innovation
Will green transitions have a positive impact on the nature of work in Ontario? And if not, could public policy be used to encourage more inclusive outcomes?
If the right policies are not put in place through the green transition, we will have missed a vital economic and environmental opportunity: to draw upon the diverse skills and perspectives of all Ontarians to solve today’s pressing challenges.
Smart Prosperity Institute welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to the City of Toronto and Toronto Water on their proposed Stormwater Charge.
Innovation in a World of Regulations, Policies and Guidelines
How can renewables be kick-started in cities?
On April 27, the Government of Ontario presented its first balanced budget in 9 years. The headlines had to do with its focus on health care and housing. But there are a number of clean economy efforts included in the budget as well.
In its second surplus budget in a row – and one that came just 3 days before an election was announced – the Government of Nova Scotia focused on tax cuts, highways and roads, and healthcare in its 2017 budget.
The carbon pricing systems that have been adopted by four Canadian provinces and are soon to be in place across Canada will have an impact on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
A clean fuel standard can play an important role in the policy package needed to transition to a low-carbon economy.
How Canada is responding to its Paris commitments
This webinar was presented on April 13, 2017 by Sara Jane O'Neill, Senior Research Associate at Smart Prosperity Institute.
This webinar was presented by Michelle Brownlee, Director, Policy at Smart Prosperity Institute
This presentation was given by Michelle Brownlee, Director, Policy at Smart Prosperity Institute, for a webinar on April 12, 2017.
