The Joint Clean Climate Transport Research Partnership (JCCTRP) is a new interdisicplinary and transdisciplinary research partnership focusing on issues related to transport and climate policy in Quebec, California, Ontario and Vermont. Partner organizations include universities, private research institutions, businesses and community/non-profit organizations in Quebec, California, Ontario and Vermont. The ultimate goal is to identify technical, economic and political factors shaping the potential for effective, cost-efficient, and politically viable low-carbon transport and climate policy in each jurisdiction, and understand their implications for emissions trading. The Administrative Secretariat is housed at the École des sciences de la gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQÀM). Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) $199,950.

Researcher: Mark Winfield (Co-PI); Mark Purdon (PI, UMontreal)

Project Theme: Energy and Climate Change