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James Meadowcroft

Graduate Supervisor, Sustainable Energy -- Low-carbon transition; environmental policy; sustainable development; energy policy; climate change; comparative environmental politics and policy

Degrees:B.A. (McGill), D.Phil (Oxford)
Phone:613-520-2600 x 2214
Email:james.meadowcroft@carleton.ca
Office:5139 Richcraft Hall
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Honours

  • Honorary Doctor of Administrative Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland (2010)
    • The award was for scholarly contributions to the understanding of the politics and policy involving the environment and sustainable development. Read more.

Publications

Lecture Videos

Markham interviews Dr. James Meadowcroft, research director of The Transition Accelerator, about his new study, Pathways to Net Zero: A Decision Support Tool.
“Where Next for Canada’s Low Carbon Transition?”- James Meadowcroft, Carleton University.On February 9th, 2018, the Centre for European Studies hosted a policy workshop, “Clean Energy & Climate Policy in Canada and the EU: an Exchange of Experiences, Views, and Visions for the Future,” at Carleton University.

James Meadowcroft speaks of the need to frame the discussion as a socio-technical transition towards a low carbon emission energy sector. He describes how our economic and political institutions are currently in a technological lock-in (path dependence) on current fossil fuel.

Videos, & Media Coverage

Podcasts

SPPA News