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Monday, December 10, 2018
The Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations published three policy briefs from the Clean Energy and Climate Change Policy Workshop with the most recent written by Arthur Benz, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Market Regulation and Multilevel Governance: The German Approach to Promote Green Energy. Read two earlier energy policy briefs... More
Friday, July 28, 2017
CETD is pleased to present a new policy brief: The EU’s “Energy Union”: A Challenge of Continued Expectation Management by Severin Fischer, Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. "The idea of an “Energy Union” has dominated the debate about the European Union’s energy and climate policy since the Juncker Commission took... More
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (CETD) is pleased to present the project’s capstone publication, Canada and Europe Face 21st Century Policy Challenges: Convergence or Divergence? This publication provides an overview of key conclusions from research work carried out by scholars associated with CETD since the project was initiated in... More
Monday, March 7, 2016
This series — drawing on comparative research by CETD collaborators — seeks to spark new ways of thinking and stimulate action on pressing public policy issues. The series was prepared for the conference “Canada and Europe: Converging or Diverging Responses to International and Domestic Challenges?” held at Carleton University on March... More
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Matthew Paterson, a CETD expert and professor at the University of Ottawa, discusses new trends and concepts in international cooperation on climate change in a new blog commentary. The commentary is hosted by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at the University of Ottawa, and can be accessed on the CIPS Blog. Full... More
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Policy Brief by Russell J. Dalton, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine In Canada, the Liberal Party’s advocacy of a “Green Shift” in the 2008 federal elections, and the Conservative Party’s and NDP’s opposition, illustrate how division and choice on environmental policy exists in some party systems. In... More
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Commentary (April 2012) By Armand de Mestral, Emeritus Professor, Jean Monnet Professor of Law and Md. Tanveer Ahmad, DCL candidate (McGill University) From January 1, 2012, Canadian civil aircraft have been subject to the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Under this agreement, a cap-and-trade principle limits the total amount of... More
Friday, November 25, 2011
Commentary (November 2011) by Erica Dingman, Research Associate, World Policy Institute, New York City Acquisition of Arctic hydrocarbon deposits is a strategic priority of Arctic States and numerous Non-Arctic States alike stimulated by the global thirst of energy. Concurrently the European Union and Inuit Circumpolar Council have aggressively... More
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Commentary (November 2011) by Sandra Cavalieri, Senior Fellow and Coordinator for the Arctic and Transatlantic programs at the Ecologic Institute, Berlin Since 2007, when Arctic sea-ice cover reached a record low, the EU has focused increased attention on Arctic issues. The following brief discusses next steps for the European Union (EU),... More
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Listen to the podcast Rob Huebert, Associate Director at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Calgary, discusses the changes to the EU-Canada security relationship in the Arctic. He argues energy security will move the Arctic from an almost non-existent... More
Friday, April 15, 2011
Commentary (April 2011) by Lorand Bartels, University Lecturer in Law and Caroline Henckels, PhD student (University of Cambridge) After almost two years of negotiation on a Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) the parties are hopeful that an agreement will be concluded later in 2011. The CETA has been controversial –... More
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Policy Brief (December 2009) CETD member Matthew Paterson wrote a paper for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung ahead of the Copenhagen climate change summit. You can read the publication in English and in German. In comparison with most other countries who have already developed more ambitious climate policy measures, the US and Canada are extremely... More
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