Latest Climate change reports
All Over the Map 2012
Is natural gas a climate change solution for Canada?
Property Assessed Payments for Energy Retrofits
Local Improvement Charges are fees for municipal financing of infrastructure
improvements that benefit homeowners and are repaid on tax bills. This report
discusses how a similar mechanism could be used in Ontario to finance retrofits
to make homes more energy efficient, reduce overall energy use and greenhouse gas
emissions, and save homeowners money on their energy bills.
Setting the Stage for a Sustainable Energy Strategy: Canada's Necessary Opportunity
This paper will begin to explore how the Trottier Energy Futures Project is defining the challenge and immense opportunity of designing and implementing a Canadian sustainable energy strategy.
The Maple Leaf in the OECD
Climate scorecard for the 2010 winter games
A New Climate for Conservation: Nature, Carbon and Climate Change in British Columbia
A New Climate for Conservation explores the role of nature conservation in a climate action strategy for ecological adaptation and ecological mitigation.
Managing BC's Forests for a Cooler Planet: Carbon Storage, Sustainable Jobs and Conservation
Forest industry unions and environmental organizations are united in their belief that B.C. must manage its forest more wisely. Forests provide a major hedge against climate change because they absorb and store carbon that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere. This report calls for a number of measures, including increased conservation; a new approach to calculating logging rates that takes into account carbon storage; reducing waste; better tree-planting methods; and a cautious approach to wood-fired bioenergy.
Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity
This report shows that with strong federal and provincial government policies, Canada can meet the 2°C emissions target in 2020 and still have a strong growing economy, a quality of life higher than Canadians enjoy today, and continued steady job creation across the country. The analysis also shows that the federal government needs to implement far stronger policies than it has proposed to date to meet its current GHG target.
Exploration of two Canadian greenhouse gas emissions targets: 25% below 1990 and 20% below 2006 levels by 2020
The David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute, with the financial support of the TD Bank, decided to seek some credible answers to a set of important questions that have left a substantial gap in the Canadian climate/economy policy debate.
The leading economic modelling firm of Mark Jaccard and Associates was retained and an advisory committee comprising senior bank economists, federal government and NRTEE officials, and others helped guide the study. Ultimately, the analysis brought forth credible and conclusive answers to how Canada's economy would fare in the face of a science-based emission reduction target by 2020 .
Bridging the Divide: The Role of Canada and Major Developing Countries in a Strong Climate Deal
This technical briefing note lays out the reasons why Canada is a barrier to a strong Copenhagen agreement - much more so than China or other developing countries - and what our government can do to change that.
On Thin Ice: Winter Sports and Climate Change
The future of winter sports is at risk due to global warming, according to On Thin Ice: Winter Sports and Climate Change. By 2050, if we fail to take immediate action on climate change, a whole range of winter activities across Canada, from Olympic sports like skiing and snowboarding to iconic Canadian pastimes such as ice fishing and pond hockey will be at risk.
