Clean Energy Canada is a non-partisan think tank based out of Simon Fraser University that conducts and publishes research on climate and clean energy policy. The organization is formally a program of the university's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue but is independently funded.[1][2][3]
Focus & Activities
editThe think tank focuses on researching and communicating solutions to Canada's energy transition, with an "explicit mandate to build consensus around clean growth by bringing business leaders, NGOs, political elites, academics and other segments of civil society into dialogue and collaboration."[1][4] It has been described by academics as an ENGO and as a "progressive" think tank.[2][5]
Influence
editGovernment policy
editAt the federal level, Clean Energy Canada has called for industrial policy to unlock trade and employment opportunities in renewable energy, clean tech, and energy conservation.[4][6] Its work, which includes periodic clean energy jobs modelling and other types of economic modelling, has been written into the Government of Canada's interim Sustainable Jobs Plan, Clean Electricity Regulations, The Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy, and both the country's 2020 and 2022 (current) climate plans.[4][7][8]
Public engagement
editAmong top Canadian "pro-climate action" civil society actors sharing links to climate news on the social media platform Facebook, the number of engagements received on such posts from Clean Energy Canada is the closest to rivalling that of top "anti-climate action" organizations, such as right-wing organizations Canada Proud (also known as The Prouds) and the Conservative Party of Canada, all of which receive more engagement than any pro-climate action pages, including Clean Energy Canada's and Greenpeace's.[9]
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Clean Energy Canada conducts research, communications, and convening to inform and advance policies and ideas that accelerate Canada's shift to a clean economy.[10][11] It has staff experts on climate law, transport electrification, energy generation and storage, industrial decarbonization, and communications.[12][13]
Clean Energy Canada conducts research, communications, and convening to inform and advance policies and ideas that accelerate Canada's shift to a clean economy.[14][15]
Clean Energy Canada is a non-partisan think tank based out of Simon Fraser University that conducts and publishes research on climate and clean energy policy. The organization is formally a program of the university's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue but is independently funded. Clean Energy Canada has offices in Vancouver, Victoria, Bowen Island, Toronto, and Ottawa.
Focus[edit | edit source]
editClean Energy Canada conducts research, communications, and convening to inform and advance policies and ideas that accelerate Canada's shift to clean energy, clean transportation, and a clean economy. It has staff experts on climate law, transport electrification, energy generation and storage, industrial decarbonization, and communications.
Influence[edit | edit source]
editMerran Smith, founder of the think tank and a Fellow at the Centre for Dialogue, "co-chaired British Columbia’s Climate Solutions and Clean Growth Advisory Council that helped shape the province’s current climate action plan."
Clean Energy Canada's work has informed the Government of Canada's interim Sustainable Jobs Plan, Clean Electricity Regulations, The Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy, and both the country's 2020 and 2022 (current) climate plans.
Its staff regularly testify before government bodies and provide expert commentary on climate and clean energy matters on local, national, and international news outlets.
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- ^ . "Ollie Sheldrick, program manager of Clean Economy at Clean Energy Canada, says construction materials are a huge source of global carbon pollution but Canada's hydro-powered electricity offers a important advantage in this industry. He says one crucial step is fostering low-carbon procurement in construction by multiple layers of government."
- ^ a b Carroll, William K.; Graham, Nicolas; Shakespear, Mark (2020). "Foundations, ENGOs, Clean Growth Networks and the Integral State". The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie. 45 (2): 109–142. ISSN 0318-6431.
- ^ a b Gunster, Shane; Fleet, Darren; Neubauer, Robert (April 2, 2021). "Challenging Petro-Nationalism: Another Canada Is Possible?". Journal of Canadian Studies. 55 (1): 57–87. doi:10.3138/jcs.2019-0033. ISSN 0021-9495.
- ^ "Our partners". Clean Energy Canada. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ a b c Baruah, Bipasha; Gaudet, Crystal (2022-08-01). "Creating and Optimizing Employment Opportunities for Women in the Clean Energy Sector in Canada". Journal of Canadian Studies. 56 (2): 243–253. doi:10.3138/jcs.2019-0010. ISSN 0021-9495.
- ^ Rosenbloom, Daniel (2019-03-01). "A clash of socio-technical systems: Exploring actor interactions around electrification and electricity trade in unfolding low-carbon pathways for Ontario". Energy Research & Social Science. 49: 219–232. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2018.10.015. ISSN 2214-6296.
- ^ Simon Dalby, Dan Scott, Clay Dasilva and Alex Suen. Canada in a Climate Disrupted World Report for the Social Science and Humanities Research Council “Imagining Canada’s Future Initiative” Ottawa, October, 2017. https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=geog_faculty
- ^ Stanford, Jim (2023-06-01). "Cities Can Lead the Energy Employment Transition … but They Must Plan for It". Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy. 2 (1): 3–19. doi:10.3138/jccpe-2022-0010. ISSN 2816-7414.
- ^ "Governments' $28.2-billion for EV plants will take 20 years to break even, not five as Ottawa suggested, PBO says". The Globe and Mail.
When the government estimated a shorter break-even timeline, the report says, it relied on modelling from the Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing and Clean Energy Canada, which included investments and assumed production increases in other areas of the EV supply chain. The PBO report, meanwhile, only looked at cell and module manufacturing.
- ^ Gunster, Shane (2022-07-04). "Connective Action, Digital Engagement and Network-Building: A Year in the Life of Canadian Climate Facebook". Environmental Communication. 16 (5): 658–659. doi:10.1080/17524032.2022.2027802. ISSN 1752-4032.
- ^ Carroll, William K.; Graham, Nicolas; Shakespear, Mark (2020). "Foundations, ENGOs, Clean Growth Networks and the Integral State". The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie. 45 (2): 109–142. ISSN 0318-6431.
- ^ Gunster, Shane; Fleet, Darren; Neubauer, Robert (April 2, 2021). "Challenging Petro-Nationalism: Another Canada Is Possible?". Journal of Canadian Studies. 55 (1): 57–87. doi:10.3138/jcs.2019-0033. ISSN 0021-9495.
- ^ Pelley, Janet (2017). "Will clean energy transform mining?". Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 15 (7): 356–356. ISSN 1540-9295.
- ^ Arsenault, Chris (July 23, 2022). "More voluntary carbon offset firms are listing in Canada. Some environmentalists aren't sold". CBC.
'For companies [buying voluntary offsets] it appears they are doing something environmentally worthwhile but there is this risk of greenwashing,' said Stefan Pauer, a former European Commission official whose work included tracking the impacts of voluntary offsets. He concluded they did little to help the planet. 'Using offsets is likely detrimental for reducing climate change, as they help prevent meaningful government action,' Pauer, who now works for the think-tank Clean Energy Canada, said in an interview.
- ^ Carroll, William K.; Graham, Nicolas; Shakespear, Mark (2020). "Foundations, ENGOs, Clean Growth Networks and the Integral State". The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie. 45 (2): 109–142. ISSN 0318-6431.
- ^ Gunster, Shane; Fleet, Darren; Neubauer, Robert (April 2, 2021). "Challenging Petro-Nationalism: Another Canada Is Possible?". Journal of Canadian Studies. 55 (1): 57–87. doi:10.3138/jcs.2019-0033. ISSN 0021-9495.