Pathways to a Carbon Emission Free Canada

When:	Saturday, March 4th, 2017
Time:	2:00 pm — 3:15 pm
Location:	Richcraft Hall, Second Floor Conference Rooms
Audience:	Carleton Community, Current Students, Faculty
Cost:	Free

This panel is a part of the Visions for Canada, 2042 Conference. You can learn more about the conference and register to attend by visiting the conference webpage.

Climate change is surely one of the greatest challenges facing Canada today and in the next 25 years. This panel brings together academics and practitioners who are concerned with identifying ways to transition to a carbon emission free Canada. Specifically, this panel will explore questions such as: What do we mean by decarbonisation pathways? What are deep decarbonisation pathways? What are possible decarbonisation pathways for Canada? How will such pathways take into account regional and geographic differences across our nation? What is the role of increased energy efficiency and electrification in transitioning to a carbon emission free Canada? This panel aims to provide answers to these questions and to contribute to the ongoing and important debate on how to move toward climate change adaptation and mitigation in Canada.

Presenters:

• Brendan Haley is a PhD graduate of the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, and currently holds a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dalhousie University. Dr. Haley’s research and writing uses a political economy lens to examine the role of traditional natural resource sectors in Canada’s on-going and urgent transition to a low-carbon economy. He is also a policy fellow with the Broadbent Institute and a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
• James Meadowcroft, Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, is known for his scholarship on low-carbon transition, environmental policy, sustainable development, climate change and energy policy, and comparative environmental politics. His academic work focuses particularly on the ways in which governments are (or indeed are not) adjusting their policies and practices so as to mitigate and cope with the emergence of problems related to the environment and sustainability.
• Daniel Rosenbloom is a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University. His dissertation identifies and interrogates the barriers to low-carbon innovation in Canada’s energy systems, and attempts to uncover innovative ways to navigate such barriers.
• David Sawyer has operated EnviroEconomics, a consulting firm, for over 20 years. He is one of Canada’s leading environmental economists, and is an accomplished advisor, author, and communicator with experience working with government and industry in Canada and internationally. He is considered one of the best green house gas modelers in Canada, and is currently involved in designing the Canadian federal government’s new climate action plan.