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Title: The Future of Canada's Oil and Gas Sector: Innovation, Sustainable Solutions and Economic Opportunities
Description: The report summarizes the comments from 33 witnesses who appeared before the Standing Committee of the House in 7 meetings, and makes recommendations, including: “1. The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada continue to promote the benefits of investing in Canada’s Natural Resources sectors, including oil and gas, which shall include the continued encouragement of innovation, research and development.” And “2.The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada work in collaboration with industry and the indigenous, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments to develop the supporting infrastructure needed to create a favourable environment for natural resource development and transportation, and to deliver oil and gas products to strategic domestic and international markets.” The Dissenting Report from the Conservative members goes even further to support the fossil fuel industry, making 5 recommendations which include: “We strongly encourage the government not to impose any additional tax or regulation on the oil and gas sector or the Canadian consumer that our continental trading partners and competitors do not have. This includes measuring the upstream greenhouse gas emissions from pipelines…” The Opinion statement by the New Democratic Party members of the Committee calls for speedy, permanent changes to the National Energy Board assessment process, and for the Government to honour its obligation for a Nation to Nation relationship with Indigenous peoples, including proper consultation and accommodation on all energy projects and the protection of Indigenous rights. The NDP also states its support for the testimony of Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, calling for support for value-added development of the oil and gas industry, “because these kinds of investments not only create jobs directly in upgrading, refining, and petrochemicals but also create other jobs”.
Identifier (PID): yul:969396

Title: Reality Check: The State of Climate Progress in Canada
Description: This report, requested by the federal Minister of the Environment, reminds us of how far the country has come, but also of how far it must go. The report provides a thorough history of federal and provincial climate policy, as well as emissions trends.
Identifier (PID): yul:577112

Title: Paying the Price: The Economic Impacts of Climate Change for Canada
Description: The 4th report in the Climate Prosperity series. The report quantifies the economic costs of inaction if Canada fails to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, specifically on timber supply, coastal areas, human health, and ecosystem. It makes recommendations for future research on economic costs. Concluding statement: " Examining long-term economic costs of climate change to Canada raises the spectre of two futures: one where the world acts — and keeps global warming to 2°C by 2050 as world leaders have pledged — and one where it doesn’t and climate change impacts grow and accelerate beyond targets. At slightly under 2°C of global warming, the economic costs of climate change to Canada in 2050 would be between $21 billion and $43 billion with no adaptive action taken; costs could be at the lower end of range if economic growth slowed as part of domestic mitigation or for other reasons. If the world acts to limit warming to 2°C, future costs could stabilize around this 2050 level since emissions growth would have been dampened and plateaued to reach this new global reality."
Identifier (PID): yul:577111

Title: Parallel Paths: Canada-U.S. climate policy choices
Description: Third report of the Climate Prosperity series . According to the introduction, "With this report, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) has undertaken the most comprehensive analysis yet published on the economic risks and opportunities for Canada of climate policy in the context of the Canada-United States relationship." The report proposes a "Transitional Policy Option" which would implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade system in Canada ahead of the U.S., but would limit the Canadian carbon price so that it would never become too out of step with the U.S.
Identifier (PID): yul:577030

Title: Degrees of Change: Climate Warming and the Stakes for Canada
Description: Report 2 in the Climate Prosperity series. An overview of the potential changes to Canada and the impacts on human activity for the resource and service sectors - e.g. increased cruise ship tourism in the Arctic seas; increased recreational land use; uneven forestry impacts across the country.
Identifier (PID): yul:576887

Title: Measuring up: Benchmarking Canada's competitiveness in a low carbon world
Description: This is the first in a series of reports from the two-year policy program called Climate Prosperity. In the global transition to a low-carbon economy, Canadian competitiveness is at stake. The report creates a Low Carbon Performance Index, and ranks Canada against other G8 countries in areas such as emissions and energy, skills, investment, innovation and governance.
Identifier (PID): yul:576673

Title: Geared for Change: Energy efficiency in Canada's commercial building sector
Identifier (PID): yul:576672

Title: Securing our Children's World: Our Union and the Environment
Description: Developed by the International Executive Board Environmental Task Force, approved by full convention in 2006. It builds upon the landmark original report, OUR CHILDREN’S WORLD, which was adopted at the 25th Constitutional Convention of the USW in Toronto, Ontario on August 30, 1990.
Identifier (PID): yul:576663

Title: Green Job Creation Project: Background paper
Description: Provides a history of the CLC interest in green jobs (dating from a resolution at 1999 convention); defines green jobs; examines fiscal policies; environmental regulation; Danish approach.
Identifier (PID): yul:575584

Title: Green/ing Jobs: Definitions, Dilemmas and Strategies
Description: Papers from a 2011 meeting of the Work in a Warming World research project. Authors include Clare Demerse, Marjorie Griffin Cohen, John Cartwright, Sarah Letourneau , Tony Clarke, and the Principal Investigator of the W3 grant, Carla Lipsig Mumme.
Identifier (PID): yul:567755

Title: Work in a Warming World Researchers Workshop 2013
Description: Presentations at the annual Researchers Workshop, January 25 & 26 2013 held at the University of Toronto, Victoria College.
Identifier (PID): yul:567753

Title: What do we Know? What do we Need to Know? The State of Research on Work, Employment, and Climate Change in Canada. Final Report
Description: This final report is the first comprehensive study to examine broadly the state of knowledge about climate change and its impact on Canadian employment, workplaces, and workers. It focuses on six of Canada’s most significant economic sectors: auto manufacturing, construction, energy, forestry, tourism, and the postal sector. It includes chapters with a gender analysis, and which place Canada in an international context. It concludes with a research agenda for the future.
Identifier (PID): yul:567750

Title: Making Decarbonization Work for Workers: Policies for a just transition to a zero-carbon economy
Description: In light of the federal government’s pledge to launch a Task Force on Just Transition in 2018, this report makes a unique contribution by using census data to identify the regions in each province with the greatest reliance on fossil fuel jobs. While fossil fuel dependence is overwhelmingly concentrated in Alberta, with a few “hot spots” in Saskatchewan and British Columbia, the report identifies communities from other provinces where fossil fuel jobs represent a significant part of the local economy – for example, Bay Roberts, Newfoundland; Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Saint John, New Brunswick; Sarnia, Ontario. The report also makes the useful distinction between “reactive” just transition policies, which are intended to minimize the harm to workers of decarbonization, and “pro-active” just transition policies, which are intended to maximize the benefits.
Identifier (PID): yul:1150320

Title: Greening with jobs: World Employment and Social Outlook 2018
Description: This landmark report estimates the number of green jobs; also includes analysis and discussion of climate impacts on working conditions, job quality, and productivity, (including estimates of impacts of extreme weather conditions), and the need for social dialogue and a legal and policy framework which promotes just transition. Of particular interest is the discussion of the role of social dialogue, which includes examples of green provisions in international and national agreements – and on page 94, highlights green provisions in Canadian collective agreements, based on the database compiled by the Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces to Climate Change project. Available in English and French. Available at the ILO at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_628654.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1150317

Title: Getting there: Alternative Budget 2018
Description: This is the 23rd Alternative Budget, covering the entire range of economic activity in Canada with a social justice perspective. This edition includes detailed proposals regarding Just Transition in the section “Industrial Strategy and Just Transition” - the report calls for a National Decarbonization Strategy to be developed through broad consultation, and to act as a co-ordinating body for other AFB proposals – notably an enhanced Low Carbon Economy Fund to support cities and infrastructure investments, and a trade promotion strategy. A new $500-million Just Transition Transfer (JTT) is proposed, to flow federal funds to provinces. Also the AFB calls for a $1Billion Strategic Training Fund to increase training capacity at colleges and trade schools.
Identifier (PID): yul:1127529

Title: Comparative Study of U.K. and Canadian Pension Fund Transparency Practices
Description: This report was commissioned by Canada’s National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to explore how pension fund transparency practices with respect to social, environmental and ethical (SEE) issues in the United Kingdom differ from those in Canada. In particular, it addresses the antecedents and impact of U.K. policies mandating the inclusion of a fund’s approach to SEE issues in its statement of investment principles (SIP).
Identifier (PID): yul:1127528

Title: Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Policies for Commercial Buildings - Final Report
Identifier (PID): yul:1127527

Title: Facing the elements: Building business resilience in a changing climate: case studies
Description: In a report directed to the business community, NRTEE presents case studies of the practical adaptation actions, experience and advice of what they call "climate pacesetters". The thirteen Canadian firms profiled are: B.C.Hydro, Cameco, Coca Cola Canada, EBA Engineering Consultants, Entenergy, Hydro Quebec, J.D. Irving, Munich RE, Rio Tinto Alcan, Royal Bank of Canada, Summerhill Pyramid Winery, Tolco Industries, and Whistler Blackcomb. Companion documents: A Business Primer and an Advisory Report to Government, with research and recommendations on how government can support greater business adaptation to climate change.
Identifier (PID): yul:1127524

Title: ClimaCon2: Building Power for Workers to confront Climate Change: Report from the Second Labor Convergence on Climate
Description: The Conference theme was "Building Worker Power to Confront Climate Change." The event was held in September 2017; participants included over 130 people - U.S. labour union leaders, organizers, and rank and file activists from 17 unions, 3 state federations/central labor councils and 6 labour support organizations, as well as environmental and economic justice activists. Includes case study examples and a Draft Sample Union Resolution on Climate Change and the Labor Network for Sustainability. Speaker Elaine Bernard of Harvard University originated the slogan "Own the Bakery" here.
Identifier (PID): yul:1127522

Title: Jobs for Tomorrow: Canada’s Building Trades and Net Zero Emissions
Description: 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.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122205

Title: Lessons from Previous Coal Transitions: High-level Summary for Decision-makers
Description: This is a synthesis report of case studies of past coal mining transitions in Spain, U.K., the Netherlands, Poland, U.S., and the Czech Republic – some as far back as the 1970’s. Key messages: the sooner the problems of necessary transition are addressed, the better; and while expensive, transition costs are cheaper than ignoring the needs of declining communities and displaced workers. While the level of cost details varies in the case studies, it is clear that costs are significant. For example, the case study of Limburg, Netherlands states that the national government spent approximately 11.6 billion Euros (in today’s prices) on national subsidies to support coal prices and regional reconversion, in addition to several 100 million per year in EU funds. “One estimate also suggested that in the Dutch case, all told, regional reinvestment in new economic activities also cost about 300 to 400 000€/per long-term job created.” Limburg is also cited as “remarkable for the relatively consensual nature of the transition between unions, company and government.” Part of ‘Coal Transitions: Research and Dialogue on the Future of Coal’ Project.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122204

Title: Greening of industries in the EU: Anticipating and managing the effects on quantity and quality of jobs
Description: Examines green business practices and greening processes aimed at mitigating climate change. The study had two main objectives: to provide an overview at both sectoral and cross-sectoral level in the EU of the effects of greening on the quantity and quality of jobs in 10 sectors (automotive, chemicals, construction, distribution and trade, energy, furniture, nonmetallic materials, shipbuilding, textiles and transport); and to analyse good practice examples of the anticipation and management of green change at the company level in these sectors.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122092

Title: Industrial relations and sustainability: the role of social partners in the transition towards a green economy
Description: "This study examined best practice examples of social partner involvement in greening the economy in different Member States. It analysed the role of the trade unions and employers’ associations as well as employees, their direct representatives and company management in selected projects at national or local level. The report demonstrates what a successful contribution of the social partners to greening the economy can look like and identifies factors that need to be taken into consideration. " The 5 case studies were: UK, the GreenWorkplaces project of the Trades Union Congress in Mid-2006; Germany, Network Resource Efficiency project with IG Metall (2007); France, Joint approved training fund with Construction industry OPCA (2008); Belgium, Eco-voucher initiative with the National Labour Council ( 2009); Romania, Euroeneff project with CMC – joint organisation in the construction industry (2008).
Identifier (PID): yul:1122091

Title: Work in a changing climate: The Green Initiative: Report of the Director-General
Description: 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.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122077

Title: Jobs in a clean energy future
Description: This report updates the 2010 joint publication Creating jobs - cutting Pollution. It models three scenarios for future jobs and estimates that Australia could create one million new jobs by 2040 while cutting pollution if it follows a clean energy path, including putting a price on carbon, electrification of vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and more.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122076

Title: Climate Change White Paper
Description: This policy statement by the government acknowledges the problem of climate change but opposes the solutions set out in the federal government's Vancouver Declaration - especially carbon taxes. Saskatchewan states: "we believe the third option—innovation and technological development—offers both the greatest potential for significant improvements in global GHG emissions, while causing the least harm to our economy."
Identifier (PID): yul:1122070

Title: Resolutions to Unifor’s 2nd Convention August 22-26, 2016, Ottawa, ON
Description: This document contains all resolutions presented at the Convention. Of most interest are: R-6 Carpooling; R-9 Just Transition; and R-20 Climate Action Plans Job Security and Just Transition.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122033

Title: Extracted Carbon: Re-examining Canada’s Contribution to Climate Change through Fossil Fuel Export
Description: 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.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122028

Title: Just Transition and Good Green Jobs for Alberta: Conference Summary
Description: This is a summary of presentations and recommendations from a Blue Green Canada-sponsored conference, October 17, 2016 in Edmonton Alberta.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122026

Title: Greenprint for Greater Toronto: Working Together for Climate Action
Description: An overview of what has been done in Toronto, and a comprehensive set of recommendations of what should be done to fight climate change - green economy, transit, infrastructure, education, and Just Transition. In the workplace, the author champions the idea of environmental advocates.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122012