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	Budget 2021: We need to invest in youth to prevent a lockdown generation Canada won’t have an economic recovery without an action plan that addresses the impacts of the pandemic on youth By Anjum Sultana

	Leadership Feds’ fall economic statement shortchanges climate What gets funded gets done, and Ottawa’s climate plan falls 80% short of what’s required By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Josh Laughren

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Céline Bak, Ralph Torrie and Toby Heaps

	Lessons from the last recovery for this recovery Building back to business-as-usual will reignite GHGs and represent a tragic missed opportunity By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Naomi Buck

	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 By CK Staff

	Baking a landmark COVID and climate change budget in Brussels EU invents new ways to pay for fast-tracked green deal By Adrian Hiel

	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

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Ralph Torrie Céline Bak and Toby Heaps

	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 By Sherry Yano

	Leadership Green recovery fever spreads around the globe EU, South Korea, Chile among growing list of nations funding climate-friendly stimulus By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	Leadership CK TV: Watch our final Building Back Better roundtable Watch our grand finale from our Green Recovery roundtable series on Corporate Knights TV

	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 By Ralph Torrie Céline Bak and Toby Heaps

	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 By Chief Marilyn Slett

	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 By Mark Little and Laura Kilcrease

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	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

	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 By Ralph Torrie Céline Bak and Toby Heaps

	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 By Tzeporah Berman

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Ralph Torrie and Céline Bak

	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 By Toby A.A. Heaps

	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 By David Layzell and Dan Wicklum

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	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

	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 By Ralph Torrie and Toby Heaps

	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 By David Punch

	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 By Adrian Hiel

	Planning for a green recovery CK TV: Watch our roundtable on Building Back Better with a Green Mobility Wave

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Ralph Torrie and Céline Bak

	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.

	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 By Pierre-Olivier Pineau

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	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

	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 By Ralph Torrie and Céline Bak

	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 By Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze

	Planning for a green recovery Roundtable weighs in on recovering stronger with a green renovation wave Takeaways from our first roundtable By Rick Spence

	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

	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 By Ralph Torrie and Céline Bak

	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

	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 By Toby A.A. Heaps

	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 By Vicky Sharpe

	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 By Ralph Torrie

	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 By Carolyn Kim

	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 By Chris Bataille

	Planning for a green recovery Seeding climate action on Canada’s farms Low-input sustainable agriculture is helping farmers store carbon underfoot By Wayne Roberts

	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 By Merran Smith and Sarah Petrevan

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze

	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 By CK Staff

	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 By Daimen Hardie

	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 By Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin

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