Opportunities and challenges in using remaining carbon budgets to guide climate policy

HD Matthews, KB Tokarska, ZRJ Nicholls, J Rogelj… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The remaining carbon budget represents the total amount of CO2 that can still be emitted in
the future while limiting global warming to a given temperature target. Remaining carbon …

Effectiveness of strategic environmental assessment in Canada under directive-based and informal practice

B Noble, R Gibson, L White, J Blakley… - … and Project Appraisal, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores the diversity of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) practice in
Canada and lessons for improving the effectiveness of SEA. There are multiple dimensions …

Safe ends with just means: Charting a course to a fossil fuel free economy for Canada and beyond

DS Horen Greenford - 2022 - spectrum.library.concordia.ca
In this dissertation, I bring together a broad area of research in climate science and policy,
ethics, ecological economics, political economy, and environmental sciences. I aim to cut …

Transforming electrical energy systems towards sustainability in a complex world: The cases of Ontario and Costa Rica

FI Aguilar Vargas - 2023 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Electrical energy systems have been major contributors to sustainability-associated effects,
positive and negative, and therefore are considered as key components in pursuing overall …

[PDF][PDF] Synthesis at the nexus of sustainability assessment, regional/strategic assessment and Indigenous partnerships

RB Gibson, DDP McCarthy, K Staples, K Cooper… - 2020 - oaia.on.ca
Sustainability assessment is most simply an approach to evaluating options in light of their
prospects for contributing to lasting wellbeing. This report, however, concerns specific …

Towards a Just Transition Impact Assessment Framework

AG Majekolagbe - 2023 - digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca
Just transition is a contested notion. Its definitions range from status quo enforcing to
transformation engendering. Traditionally, just transition focuses on local jobs and workers …

[PDF][PDF] Climate scenarios for the Canadian lending and investment industry

O Weber, A Oyegunle - Climate scenarios for the Canadian lending and …, 2019 - zbw.eu
Olaf Weber joined CIGI as a senior fellow in March 2015. His research with CIGI focuses on
sustainability and the banking sector, including sustainability guidelines and regulations for …

Challenges and Opportunities of a Forthcoming Strategic Assessment of the Implications of International Climate Change Mitigation Commitments for Individual …

RB Gibson, K Péloffy, M Doelle - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Canada is preparing to initiate a challenging, but potentially ground-breaking, strategic
assessment on the implications of its climate change mitigation commitments for project …

Exploring the Impact of Renewable Energy on the Strategy of Coal Mines in South Africa

T Sandani - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Countries are encouraged to invest in sustainable development initiatives to realise a
lowcarbon economy by 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2030. South …

[PDF][PDF] Advancing Strategic Environmental Assessment Concept and Practice: A Role for SEA in Energy Transitions

KJ Nwanekezie - 2021 - harvest.usask.ca
Increasing demands to address some of society's most complex environmental and
sustainability issues are defining a new agenda for strategic environmental assessment …