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Canada's Second Biennial Report on Climate Change
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This report presents projections of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada to the years 2020 and 2030, by sector. It also provides information on actions undertaken to address climate change,both federal and provincial, with live links to documents cited in the summary. Also includes information about climate-related support provided to developing countries. This report is submitted every 2 years to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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yul:826057
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Extracted Carbon: Re-examining Canada’s Contribution to Climate Change through Fossil Fuel Export
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This study re-examines Canada’s contribution to global climate change in light of the Paris Agreement by looking at extracted carbon - the total amount of fossil fuels removed from Canadian soil that ends up in the atmosphere -whether used for domestic purposes, or exported and combusted elsewhere. It concludes that “Plans to further grow Canada’s exports of fossil fuels are thus contradictory to the spirit and intentions of the Paris Agreement. Growing our exports could only happen if some other producing countries agreed to keep their fossil fuel reserves in the ground. The problem with new fossil fuel infrastructure projects, like Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants and bitumen pipelines, is that they lock us in to a high-emissions trajectory for several decades to come, giving up on the 1.5 to 2°C limits of Paris.” It follows that “Canadian climate policy must consider supply-side measures such as rejecting new fossil fuel infrastructure and new leases for exploration and drilling, increasing royalties, and eliminating fossil fuel subsidies.” This paper updates and expands a 2011 Climate Justice Project publication, Peddling GHGs: What is the Carbon Footprint of Canada’s Fossil Fuel Exports?, co-authored with Amanda Card.
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yul:1122028
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Jobs for Tomorrow: Canada’s Building Trades and Net Zero Emissions
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This report makes job creation projections for construction occupations, based on an aggressive emissions reduction target of Net-zero emissions by 2050 (Canada’s current national emissions reduction commitment is 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030) . Overall, the report concludes that the Net-zero emissions reduction target could generate nearly 4 million direct building trades jobs, and 20 million indirect, induced and supply chain jobs by 2050. Some examples from the report: building small district energy systems in half of Canada’s municipalities with populations over 100,000 would create over 547,000 construction jobs by 2050. Building solar installations would create the next-highest level of construction jobs: 438,350. Building $150 billion of urban transit infrastructure (rapid transit tracks and bridges, subway tunnels, and dedicated bus lanes) would create about 245,000 direct construction jobs by 2050. The report was commissioned by Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU), an umbrella organization affiliated with 15 international construction unions.
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yul:1122205
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Green Technologies and Practices - August 2011
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Presents data from the Green Technologies and Practices survey, a survey of business establishments designed to collect data on establishments’ use of green technologies and practices and the occupations of workers who spend more than half of their time involved in green technologies. 75% of business establishments used at least 1 type of green technology in the reference period; the two most frequently reported types of green technologies and practices were those that improve energy efficiency within the establishment, reported by 57 percent of establishments, and those that reduce the creation of waste materials as a result of operations, reported by 55 percent of establishments.
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yul:1120585
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Investment and Lock-In Analysis for Canada: Low Carbon Scenarios to 2050 - Final Report
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The Government of Canada has set a greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 17% percent below 2005 levels by the year 2020, as well as a long-term target of 65% below 2005 levels by 2050.The objective of this project is to estimate the impact of greenhouse gas emission abatement timing on required capital investment in Canada in order to meet these targets.
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yul:776497
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Costing Climate Impacts and Adaptation: A Canadian Study on Human Health
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This study is an attempt to generate a "bottom-up" estimate of the economic impacts of climate change in the human health context. The analysis first considers physical impacts, which are defined as the climate induced changes in a number of health endpoints (heat-related mortality; ozone-related morbidity and mortality). Based on these physical impacts, the analysis derives estimates of economic impact. Additionally, this study aims to identify indicative cost-effective adaptation measures that may reduce future potential health impacts. This study presents climate change impact estimates for three 30-year periods centering on 2025, 2055, and 2085. The four cities included in the analysis are Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver.
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yul:827223
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Climate Change and Labour: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace
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The report identifies heavy labour and low-skill agricultural and manufacturing jobs as the most susceptible to heat changes caused by climate change. India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Cambodia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and part of West Africa are the countries most at risk. Quoting the IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report, it states that “labour productivity impacts could result in output reductions in affected sectors exceeding 20% during the second half of the century–the global economic cost of reduced productivity may be more than 2 trillion USD by 2030.” Even if countries meet their Paris emissions reductions targets, rising temperatures may cut up to 10 percent of the daytime working hours in developing countries. On the human scale, the authors surveyed more than 100 studies in the last decade which document the health risks and labour productivity loss experienced by workers in hot locations. Several important indirect effects of heat stress are raised: alteration of work hours to avoid the heat of the day; the need to work longer hours to earn the same pay for those whose productivity falls due to heat stress, or suffer income loss; increased exposure to hazardous chemicals when workplace chemicals evaporate more quickly in higher temperatures; and possible exposure to new vector-borne diseases. The report calls for protection for workers , including low cost measures such as assured access to drinking water in workplaces, frequent rest breaks, and management of output targets, incorporating protection of income and other conditions of Decent Work.
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yul:823213
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A Human Health Perspective On Climate Change
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One purpose of this document is to identify research gaps to increase the understanding of climate change and health. Expanding our understanding of the often indirect, long-term, and complex consequences of climate change for human health is a high priority and challenging research task.
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yul:1120664
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Heat Illness Prevention Training Guide: A Lesson Plan for Employers
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These training materials are adapted from work the Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP), University of California, Berkeley, and part of the Worker Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program (WOSHTEP), which is administered by the Commission on Health and Safety at University of California at Los Angeles. Designed to be delivered in 45 minutes or in 15 minute modules, and can be delivered by shift supervisors. Fact sheets in Spanish and English.
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yul:1120647
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NIOSH criteria for a recommended standard: occupational exposure to heat and hot environments
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Criteria documents contain a critical review of the scientific and technical information about the prevalence of hazards, the existence of safety and health risks, and the adequacy of control methods. By means of criteria documents, NIOSH communicates these recommended standards to regulatory agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), health professionals in academic institutions, industry, organized labor, public interest groups, and others in the occupational safety and health community. Heat stress was last addressed in 1986.
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yul:1120590
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment
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This is the final report , developed by over 100 experts representing eight Federal agencies, led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "It was called for under the President’s Climate Action Plan and is a major contribution to the sustained National Climate Assessment process. The report was informed by input gathered in listening sessions and scientific and technical information contributed through open solicitations. It underwent rigorous reviews by the public and by scientific experts inside and outside of the government, including a special committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,and Medicine." Includes a comprehensive overview of many aspects of health impacts, including pollution and air quality. Under the report section on temperature extremes, outside workers are identified as exceptionally vulnerable to heat extremes. “ Certain occupational groups that spend a great deal of time exposed to extreme temperatures such as agricultural workers, construction workers, and electricity and pipeline utility workers are at increased risk for heat-and cold-related illness, especially where jobs involve heavy exertion... Lack of heat illness prevention programs that include provisions for acclimatization was found to be a factor strongly associated with death.” Includes references.
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yul:1120526
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Work in a changing climate: The Green Initiative: Report of the Director-General
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The main body of the Director-General’s Report to the 106th International Labour Conference, June 2017, describes and updates the accomplishments of the ILO Green Centenary Initiative, which was launched in 2013, “to promote the considerable potential for creation of decent work associated with the transition to a low carbon sustainable development path and to minimize and manage the inevitable dislocation that will accompany it.” The report emphasizes the need for research and policy analysis,and includes the following important themes: the need for tripartite responses to climate change; the importance of a global carbon price; and skills development and social protection for the successful green transformation of work processes. The Working Group of the ILO responded to the Director-General's report on June 9.
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yul:1122077
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Canada's Opportunity: Adopting Life Cycle Approaches for Sustainable Development
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This report provides an overview of current life cycle analysis practices, in Canada and internationally. It shows how companies and governments are embedding Life Cycle Approaches in their operations and decisions for various purposes, and identifies clear risks to Canada’s competitiveness and environmental reputation if we don’t take steps to use Life Cycle Approaches . The report makes recommendations for how business and government can collaborate to enhance economic competitiveness and foster greater environmental stewardship using LCA.
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yul:827221
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Saving the Green Economy: Ontario’s Green Energy Act and the WTO
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From the CCPA: "This study examines the WTO ruling on Ontario's Green Energy Act, its implications, and options moving forward. CCPA trade policy analyst Scott Sinclair finds that the recent World Trade Organization ruling—that the Ontario Green Energy Act’s local content requirements conflict with international trade rules—is based on an overly restrictive interpretation. The analysis explores options for Ontario to comply with the ruling while preserving the vital job creation component of the Act. The study also stresses that it is essential for Ontario to fully safeguard its existing policy flexibility over renewable energy procurement under the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and future trade agreements."
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yul:772602
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An Insecure Future: Canada's biggest public pensions are still banking on fossil fuels
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Two of Canada's biggest public pension plans could lead the way toward a global transition to a greener, more sustainable economy, but their commitments to climate action may be more talk than walk. The Canada Pension Plan and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec say they are serious about tackling climate change, however, they continue to bank on fossil fuels, this Corporate Mapping Project report shows. The Canada Pension Plan has increased its shares in fossil fuel companies since Canada signed the Paris Agreement in 2016 and while the Quebec plan has slightly decreased its fossil fuel shares in the same period, it has over 52 per cent more fossil fuel shares than the Canada Pension Plan. The investment patterns of both plans do not reflect the urgent action needed to address the scale of the climate crisis. Both are heavily invested in member companies of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, which has a history of obstructing the necessary transition away from fossil fuels required for Canada to meet the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. The authors question why the fund managers of these public pension plans are investing in companies that are actively derailing necessary climate action. The report includes recommendations for Canadian public pension fund trustees and investment boards and for the federal and provincial governments regarding how Canadians' pension funds should be invested.
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ccpa-bc_An-Insecure-Future_FINAL.pdf
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yul:1156051
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A Just and fair transition for Canadian coal power workers: What we heard from Canadian coal power workers and communities
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On April 25, 2018, the Government of Canada launched the Task Force on Just Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities. Our mandate was to provide the government with recommendations for how to support a just and fair transition for Canadian coal communities and workers, as Canada has committed to stop generating traditional coal-powered electricity by 2030. To develop our advice, we met directly with coal workers; coal communities; relevant stakeholder groups; and, federal, provincial, and municipal government departments. Together, we: travelled to all four affected provinces toured seven facilities hosted eight public sessions visited fifteen communities met with more than 80 stakeholder groups We received a wealth of information, heard real challenges, and learned about local ideas and solutions. While there are considerable differences across the country, community members and workers shared common concerns about impacts from the phase-out, including job losses, income security, re-training and re-employment, strained municipal budgets, and the social impacts of transition. We also heard hope for what a just transition could mean for the creation of decent work and sustainable communities.
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En4-362-2019-eng.pdf
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yul:1156049
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Employment Transitions and the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels
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New research from the Centre for Future Work demonstrates that with prudent long-term planning, the coming phase-out of fossil fuel production and use can be managed without causing unemployment for fossil fuel workers. Employment Transitions and the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels, by Jim Stanford (Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work) shows that fossil fuel industries directly account for 170,000 jobs in Canada – less than 1% of total employment. A 20-year phase-out of fossil fuels implies an annual reduction of fossil fuel employment of around 8,500 jobs annually: the number of jobs typically created by the Canadian economy every ten days.
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Employment-Transitions-Report-Final.pdf
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yul:1156048
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A Plan for green buildings, jobs and prosperity for Ontario
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This report looks at how Ontario could replace fossil gas for everything from home heating to industrial uses as part of a plan to dramatically reduce Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions. It also outlines how embracing a pathway toward reducing gas use can create good green jobs in Ontario in everything from home retrofits to deploying renewable energy. It explains various mechanisms that can be used to make this pathway economically and environmentally successful for Canada's largest province.
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Fossil-Gas-Report-2021-sep-15-v_01.pdf
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yul:1156047
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Unifor Submission to the 2022 Federal Budget Consultation Process
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Unifor recommends government design budget 2022 to reorient Canada's economy towards social justice and ensure a fair, inclusive and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis. Canada's government must address the numerous crises that were present long before COVID-19 arrived and exacerbated by the pandemic including inequality, precarious work and climate change. To that end, Unifor has developed the following 12 recommendations.
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unifor_2022_fed_budget_submission_-_en_ax.pdf
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yul:1156046
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Nurses' Unions, Climate Change and Health: A Global Agenda for Action
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The planet is warming and the climate is changing. With increasing regularity, headlines report record- breaking heat waves, catastrophic storms, floods and fires, and rising numbers of people displaced due to famines, droughts and violence. The world seems to be rapidly becoming a more dangerous and more frightening place. These changes have profound significance for human health. Indeed, the health impacts of global warming and climate change are already being felt by vast numbers of people around the world. At the same time, although certain health risks may actually diminish with increased warming for some people—for instance, risk from exposure to cold in some regions—health risks overall are set to increase significantly. In the medium term, this is especially true for risks related to exposure to floods, droughts and extreme heat; food security issues; and infectious diseases. Longer-term, health risks associated with displacement and conflict are likely to become much more serious. This paper aims to provide information to nurses and their unions regarding climate-related health risks. It summarizes what is happening now, and what health-related climate science suggests could happen if current trends continue. Nurses and their unions have been at the forefront of many key struggles to minimize the negative health impacts of current and rising fossil fuel use, and for strong policy responses to the unfolding climate crisis. But it is today clear that addressing climate change will require a radical change at the level of politics and policy. The current policies—which are directed towards ensuring investment opportuniAes for big business—have been a massive failure. Emissions continue to rise, and health outcomes and indicators continue to worsen.
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Climate-Change-and-Health-GNU-2019.pdf
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yul:1156045
