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Ontario on track to see major increases in greenhouse gas emissions

Posted on January 7, 2022

Add pollution and costs from electricity generation to that list too By Mark WinfieldColleen Kaiser The Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) Annual Planning Outlook report released last week contains some very bad news for Ontarians in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air quality, and future electricity costs. The directions laid out in the report also present

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The New Deal, racism and war

Posted on October 4, 2021

By Prof Justin Podur The original New Deal has credited with saving the US economy from the Great Depression and, perhaps, saving the country from socialism. The original New Deal, and its champion, Franklin D. Roosevelt, are credited with saving the US economy from the Great Depression - and perhaps preventing the country from adopting 'socialism'. The

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A mosaic of solutions for one-planet prosperity

Posted on October 4, 2021

Climate change is not the problem. It is merely the most dramatic symptom of a major challenge that humanity is reluctant to acknowledge: We use more goods and services from nature than ecosystems can sustainably renew. More precisely, we use as much as if we lived on 1.74 Earths, according to the latest edition of

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5 ways Norway leads and Canada lags on climate action

Posted on February 10, 2021

As major oil and gas producers and exporters, Norway and Canada share a particular responsibility for confronting the planet’s existential climate threat. However, their different political, economic and cultural features have resulted in major differences in their climate policy track records. Overall, Norway is a leader on climate change performance and Canada is a laggard. The 2021 Climate

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Sustainable Neighborhood Retrofit Action Plan (SNAP): Program Evaluation and Lessons Learned for Accelerating Environmental Improvement in Established Neighborhoods

Posted on September 6, 2016

MITACS Accelerate Internship Program The graduate student, along with her academic and industry supervisors, evaluated the Sustainable Neighborhood Retrofit Action Plan (SNAP) program. Three pilot SNAPs were studied to improve the design and delivery of the program as well as its transferability to other neighbourhoods within and beyond the Greater Toronto Area. Researcher: PI: Laura

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Normative Application for Ecological Economics and the Tools for Its Assessment

Posted on July 18, 2016

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) The research examined the relationship between complexity and ethics within the general framework of the moral foundations of ecological economics. The project extended the macroeconomic model LowGrow, including re-specification and/or re-estimation of equations with a capacity to represent Canada's fair share of planetary boundaries, disaggregation of investment, and

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