https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/01/21/new-federal-climate-think-tank-looking-for-a-road-map-to-zero-emissions.html
New federal climate think tank looking for a road map to zero emissions
By Mia RabsonThe Canadian Press
Tues., Jan. 21, 2020
OTTAWA—A new climate change think tank funded by the federal government
says Canadians should expect to face the harsh realities of a changing
climate even under the most aggressive global efforts to cut greenhouse
gas emissions.
The $20-million Canadian Institute for Climate Choices officially
launches Tuesday with an inaugural report warning Canada will not be
able to avoid the global economic shifts that adapting to climate change
will bring.
It also says change is coming whether the world shifts quickly to low
and zero-emitting energy sources, or continues as it is and then also
has to face the social, economic and environmental disruptions that ensue.
“I think there is no question that the game is changing,” said CEO Kathy
Bardswick. “The realities of Canada’s position in the world, and how
we’re going to ensure our prosperity going forward, is changing. How we
provide value as a country is changing.”
The institute will be at arm’s length from the government but fulfils a
2018 federal budget commitment to hire outside experts to assess the
government’s climate policies and provide advice on new options.
The institute has mainly a virtual existence, with staff and experts
spread across the country conferring with each other mostly through
various online platforms. The board has met in person twice thus far,
and there was an opening summit in November where members met in
regional groups.
The institute will produce at least three major reports a year across
the three main areas of climate action: adapting to a lower-carbon
reality, mitigating against the effects of a changing climate and
developing and producing the clean technology needed for both of those
things.
More than four dozen experts are on board to provide input, including
former oil executive Dave Collyer, economist Don Drummond, and World
Resources Institute climate resilience director Christina Chan, along
with a who’s who of Canadian climate scientists and economic experts.
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