Sustainable Prosperity is pleased to provide the Province of British Columbia feedback on its second phase of consultation for the development of its 2016 Climate Leadership Plan.
Sustainable Prosperity commends the Government of Ontario for its ambitious Draft Strategy for a Waste-Free Ontario: Building the Circular Economy and we welcome the opportunity to provide input.
The economic case for the transition to a green economy is becoming more and more compelling with the release of new figures on the rising cost of inaction on climate change, and falling prices for renewable power generation.
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.
