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).
Environmental regulations – often referred to as ‘green tape’ – are commonly portrayed as pitting regulator against regulatee, business against government, environmentalists against industry groups, environment against economy. But the latest evidence shows that green tape does not polarize.
The big environmental story coming out of Ontario this year is the government’s decision to introduce a cap-and-trade system in the province. This province-wide environmental market will cap greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, indirectly putting a price on carbon emissions and sending a signal for business to use cleaner energy and processes.
The German Embassy in Canada together with Sustainable Prosperity and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) hosted a discussion "Ahead of Paris: Towards a New Global Climate Deal". The keynote speaker was Klaus Töpfer, former UNEP Executive Director and German Environment Minister.
As one of its 'Five Burning Platforms,' Canada2020 organized a panel on the Canadian economy. Diana Carney, Director of Strategy & Engagement at the Institute of Public Policy Research moderated the panel, which included Mike Moffatt, Assistant Professor at the Ivey School of Business, Danielle Goldfarb, Director of the Global Commerce Center at The Conference Board of Canada and Jascha Jabes, Director of Corporate Finance at Scotiabank.
Martin D. Heintzelman is the Fulbright Visiting Chair at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of the Environment.
The aim of this report is to explore how environmental markets can be employed as a way to maintain and improve environmental quality and limit pollution as Southern Ontario’s population and economy grow.
