Today marks the release of a report looking at the economic benefits that accompany smart community energy planning.
Sara recently joined Smart Prosperity Institute as the Senior Research Associate for Sustainable Communities. Her work is focused on green economy policies that will help municipalities address environmental concerns while creating new sources of revenue.
Cities are at the core of many of the measures to fight climate change. They are expanding at an unprecedented rate as 1.4 million people move to urban areas each week, and it is projected that 60% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030.
I am optimistic that this year we will see major progress on climate action in Canada.
2007-2008 was an exciting time to be working on climate policy in British Columbia.
This research note is based on a paper Jobs and Climate Policy: Evidence from British Columbia’s Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax written by Akio Yamazaki, PhD Candidate, University of Calgary.
As world leaders gather in Paris to discuss climate change, we highlight some of our top reports, policy briefs and issue summaries on how Canada is doing in our transition to a low-carbon economy – and what more we can do.
Recently, Sustainable Prosperity in partnership with Dr. Amelia Clarke from the University of Waterloo published the Sustainable Alignment Manual (SAM).
