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Leadership
Feds’ fall economic statement shortchanges climate
What gets funded gets done, and Ottawa’s climate plan falls 80% short of what’s required
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Water
Without a healthy blue economy there will be no green recovery
In many communities along all three coasts, without fish to catch there can be no long-term recovery
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Leadership
To pay for the green recovery, we’ll need to leverage public investment
To maximize impact, it’s critical that government and business leaders combine public and private financial efforts
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Throne speech laid down markers for a clean and caring economy
Although the speech was short on details, fiscal tools at Ottawa’s disposal to make that economy a reality
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Lessons from the last recovery for this recovery
Building back to business-as-usual will reignite GHGs and represent a tragic missed opportunity
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Responsible Investing
Green recovery can build solidarity, if done right
EU offers model for attaching green strings to recovery plans while driving a unity of purpose that Canada needs
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How a $20 bill could be worth close to $308
Green New Bill campaign encourages feds to invest in green recovery ahead of throne speech
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Baking a landmark COVID and climate change budget in Brussels
EU invents new ways to pay for fast-tracked green deal
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Leadership
Future-proof Canada’s economy by investing in youth hard-hit by pandemic
Open letter from youth groups calls on feds to build back better by investing in training for young people
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IEA summit urges global energy ministers to adopt ambitious green recovery plans
At clean transition summit, IEA executive director Fatih Birol warns that investment in clean energy must increase fourfold
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Planning for a green recovery
Report: Building Back Better with a Bold Green Recovery
Collating seven weeks of white papers, new report maps out how Canada can shift from pandemic to prosperity
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Leadership
Leaders must address equity to build back better
Like climate change, COVID-19 is a threat-multiplier. Both crises compound and highlight existing inequities
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Leadership
Green recovery fever spreads around the globe
EU, South Korea, Chile among growing list of nations funding climate-friendly stimulus
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Climate Crisis
Final roundtable: Clean economy projects could create 670,000 jobs per year
Seize this moment to be creative about how we reposition Canadian economy for a just, low-carbon future, panellists say
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Leadership
CK TV: Watch our final Building Back Better roundtable
Watch our grand finale from our Green Recovery roundtable series on Corporate Knights TV
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Leadership
Building Back Better: A roadmap to the Canada we want
We can create quality jobs and own part of the low-carbon podium if we invest now with boldness and creativity
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Build Back Better by investing in Coastal First Nations Great Bear Forest Carbon Project
Business and government can support First Nations in building a sustainable economy while conserving our temperate rainforest
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Energy
Canada’s oil sands are best positioned to lead the energy transformation
"Now is the time to take a big step forward," write the CEOs of Suncor and Alberta Innovates
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Energy
Roundtable: Oil sands has to embrace new low-carbon technologies to prosper
While working on game-changing innovations like carbon fibres, Alberta should make jet fuel from food waste, panel hears
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Energy
CK TV: Watch our roundtable on Building Back Better with Energy Innovation
Watch episode 6 from our Green Recovery roundtable series on Corporate Knights TV
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Energy
Building Back Better with a Natural Resource and EV Innovation Fund
Drawing inspiration from birth of oil sands can net resource-rich provinces a $125 billion/year share of zero-carbon market
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Climate Crisis
Clearcutting the planet’s carbon pools
To flatten the carbon curve, Canada needs to reimagine the wood-products industry and protect our carbon-rich forests
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Natural Capital
Roundtable urges feds to dramatically scale up support for nature-based climate solutions
Canada could reap sizeable economic and environmental gains by supporting better carbon management in our forests and farms
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Natural Capital
Building Back Better with nature-based climate solutions
For as little as 0.1% of GDP, Canada can rejuvenate its forest and farm ecosystems while creating thousands of jobs
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2020 Spring Issue
A new social contract and climate capitalism: Our best shot at building back better
COVID has exposed the brittleness of our economic system. People and climate must be at front of the line come stimulus time
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Clean Tech
Hydrogen can make Canada an energy superpower again
Nation-building hydrogen strategy can position all parts of Canada to win economically in a net-zero world
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Supply Chain
Roundtable: Paying steel and cement to go green could generate huge carbon savings
Smaller manufacturers could boost recycling and lower GHGs if government delivers recycled content requirements
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Planning for a green recovery
CK TV: Watch our roundtable on Building Back Better by Greening Industry
Watch episode 4 from our Green Recovery roundtable series on Corporate Knights TV
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Planning for a green recovery
Building Back Better by greening industry
Green recovery policies should accelerate the circular economy, electrify light industry and decarbonize heavy industry
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Transportation
Electrifying car-sharing could spark green tipping point
Incentivizing EV car-sharing fleets could drive down Canada’s emissions and make EV access more equitable
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Climate Crisis
8 economic recovery lessons for Canada from Europe’s Green Deal
EU leaders have been clear that the pandemic response must integrate climate goals. Here's what Canada can learn from them
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Planning for a green recovery
CK TV: Watch our roundtable on Building Back Better with a Green Mobility Wave |
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Roundtable: Canada needs to ramp up EV strategy – and make transit free
More made-in-Canada EVs, support for green freight and a year of free transit could turn Canada from a laggard to a leader
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Planning for a green recovery
Building Back Better with a green mobility wave
The third white paper in our green recovery series examines what policies are needed to create jobs via greener transport
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Planning for a green recovery
COVID and the climate: Burning challenges need big vision and financing
For a green COVID-19 recovery, Canada needs a 26-Week Transition Program – Climate Challenge author Guy Dauncey has a plan.
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Planning for a green recovery
To invest in green power infrastructure, we’ll need to reboot Canada’s electricity markets
To avoid wasting large sums of money and reinforcing status quo, a roadmap for electricity harmonization should be created
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Planning for a green recovery
Roundtable: Greening Canada’s electricity could help kickstart economy
Unprecedented federal-provincial co-operation needed to overcome the balkanization of country’s electricity, say panelists
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Planning for a green recovery
CK TV: Watch our roundtable on Building Back Better with a Green Power Wave
Episode 2 from our Green Recovery series looks at how clean energy can help us recovery stronger
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Planning for a green recovery
Building Back Better with a green power wave
The post-COVID recovery presents a historic opportunity to fuel a fossil-free, renewable electricity system for all Canadians
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Planning for a green recovery
How to ready Canada’s buildings for the climate of tomorrow
Three approaches to making sure Canada's homes can stand up to extreme weather and slash their emissions
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Planning for a green recovery
Roundtable weighs in on recovering stronger with a green renovation wave
Takeaways from our first roundtable
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Planning for a green recovery
CK TV: Watch our first roundtable on Building Back Better post-COVID
First in our seven-part series: a conversation on Building Back Better through a green renovation wave
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Planning for a green recovery
Building Back Better with a green renovation wave
The retrofit industry must be scaled for its “Model T moment” to help Canada’s economy recover after COVID-19
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Planning for a green recovery
Event schedule: Building Back Better roundtable dates
Join us for a live conversation on how a green renovation wave can help our economy come roaring back post COVID-19
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Planning for a green recovery
The Canada we want: How a green recovery can help us bounce back stronger
Applying a climate lens to the recovery package will help ramp up some of the best opportunities to get people back to work
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Planning for a green recovery
The time is ripe for an Indigenous Climate Fund
A $1 billion per year Indigenous Climate Fund could help build smart communities
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Planning for a green recovery
Plugging in to energy efficiency key to electrifying Canada’s economy
Putting energy efficiency at heart of Canada's recovery strategy will create green building and EV-manufacturing jobs
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Planning for a green recovery
Revving Canada’s economy with zero-emissions freight
With 10% of our emissions coming from freight, targeted federal support for ZEV trucks can future-proof the sector
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Planning for a green recovery
Getting the carbon out of concrete and steel
$1 billion green jolt to steel and cement could stimulate the economy in the short run and help build a low-carbon future
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Planning for a green recovery
Seeding climate action on Canada’s farms
Low-input sustainable agriculture is helping farmers store carbon underfoot
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Planning for a green recovery
It’s time Canada caught the electric bus
While Canada is home to four prominent electric bus makers, our fleets have been slow to adopt these climate change fighters
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Planning for a green recovery
Does it pay to green oil?
Fuelling innovation in the oil and gas sector, while contentious, could generate significant GHG payback
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Planning for a green recovery
Readying Canada’s buildings for the climate of tomorrow
Ramp up green-building funding models over the next five years with the goal of retrofitting half of Canada’s buildings
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Planning for a green recovery
Souping up the Trans-Canada highway with ultra-fast EV chargers
If Canada is going to meet its ZEV sales targets, it needs to put ultra-fast Trans-Canada charging network in top gear
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Planning for a green recovery
It’s time to start planting forests (not just trees) to grow Canada’s climate solutions
How to grow Canada's Two Billion Tree program so we plant truly carbon-storing ecosystems
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Planning for a green recovery
Corona response: How blue power can spur a green recovery
Once the greatest danger of this crisis has passed, the economy will need a serious boost –with a clean grid at its centre
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