A recent report from the Climate Vulnerability Forum (a collaboration between Madrid-based DARA and 20 countries) determined the impact to the global economy from climate change to be a reduction in GDP by $1.2 Trillion a year. While much attention has been paid to the anticipated economic costs of climate change, this report reveals that [...]
Zurich Insurance Group Ltd, one of ACT’s valuable partners, published a green paper aimed at helping businesses and government prepare for extreme weather based on their research in the UK. As a global insurer, Zurich has first-hand experiences of how costly severe weather such as snow, flooding and storms, can be on various elements of [...]
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRT) is pleased to present Reality Check: The State of Climate Progress in Canada. This report was undertaken at the request of the federal Minister of the Environment to inform the government’s regulatory approach to reducing emissions. This report concludes that despite making progress in [...]
A major report titled Telling the Weather Story: Can Canada Manage the Storms Ahead? Has been released by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). The report was prepared by Gordon McBean (author of ACT’s Extreme Weather Events Report), Paul Kovacs, Jim Bruce, Dan Sandink; and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) team building on [...]
ACT’s recent release of the Climate Change Adaptation & Water Governance report was followed by a 16-city cross-Canada tour last October and November conducted by ACT water policy author Bob Sandford, co-chair of the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) and one of Canada’s foremost water experts. Over a two-month period, Sandford talked to hundreds [...]
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is pleased to release a new White Paper: “The Regulation of District Energy Systems” by Peter Ostergaard (PDF). The paper examines the services, financials, governance and rate-setting frameworks for nine diverse District Energy (DE) systems in BC. It outlines risks associated with DE development, and concludes with a number of [...]
GreenTech Exchange and the Women in Energy Network are pleased to present an exciting panel on community energy developments in BC. What: Networking Forum Title: Community Energy Development – The Role of Small-Scale Energy Systems in Achieving a Clean Energy Future (PDF poster) When: Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 Time: Registration 5:30 pm, event begins 6:00 [...]
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions presents “Smart Environmental Policy with Full-Cost Pricing” by ACT board member, SFU economist and professor of public policy, Dr. Nancy Olewiler. When: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Tuesday, 8 May 2012 Where: Room A110, Social Sciences & Mathematics Bldg., University of Victoria Live webcast: pics.uvic.ca/broadcast.php Canada’s natural resources, ecosystems and wildlife are indispensable to [...]
