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Title: A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy
Description: As the Government of Canada continues to protect and support Canadians through the COVID-19 pandemic, it is also important that the country look to the future. Canadians want to see a growing middle class where no one is left behind. They want a future where their kids and grandkids have access to clean air and water. That future is within reach. Collectively, Canada needs to accelerate climate action to get there. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada's plan to build a better future. This plan builds on the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. It continues down the path that Canadians, their governments, and businesses have been setting. This plan is a cornerstone of the government's commitment in the 2020 Speech from the Throne to create over one million jobs, restoring employment to pre-pandemic levels. The plan includes 64 new measures and $15 billion in investments in addition to the Canada Infrastructure Bank's $6 billion for clean infrastructure announced this fall as part of its growth plan. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy will make life more affordable for households. It will make Canadian communities more livable. And it will, at every turn, focus on workers and their careers in a fair and just transition to a stronger and cleaner economy. The plan will do this through five pillars
Identifier: healthy_environment_healthy_economy_plan.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156044

Title: Falling behind: Canada's lost clean energy jobs
Description: Contributors: Gillian McEachern, Charles Campbell, Matt Price. BlueGreen Canada is a partnership of Environmental Defence and United Steelworkers. The report compares the government investment in clean energy jobs between Canada and the U.S. since Obama became President, and concludes that the lack of investment in Canada is creating thousands of lost jobs for Canadians. If Canada’s spending matched U.S. investment in renewable energy alone, an additional estimated 66,000 jobs would have been created. The actual job gap is much larger once energy efficiency and transportation investment are taken into account. The report suggests an improved path for Canada to try to bridge the jobs gap. Includes a bibliography.
Identifier (PID): yul:575592

Title: Offshore: Oil and gas workers' views on industry conditions and the energy transition
Description: This report shares the testimonies of workers in the industry and their perspectives and priorities in the looming energy transition. The survey results show that morale is low amongst the workforce, who feel they are bearing the brunt of an industry in decline. But these workers are willing to retrain and move to new sectors. They want secure and well-paid work that makes use of their skills and experience.
Identifier: Oil-Gas-Workers-Report-Final-Web.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156050

Title: Energy scenario: Employment implications of the Paris Climate Agreement
Description: This report explores the potential employment and economic impacts of an EU transition to a low-carbon economy by 2030 – on the EU, and on other regions of the world. It analyses the impacts across sectors and occupations, with a particular focus on manufacturing. The report highlights that the impact of such a transition is positive for the EU as a whole, although with considerable variation between sectors. The positive impact on employment is largely due to the investment required to achieve this transition, along with the impact of lower spending on imported fossil fuels. The consequent shift in production has implications for labour market demand. The analysis provides information on sectoral impacts, together with the Warwick Labour Market Extension model for occupational analysis. Further analysis of the employment developments in Europe is undertaken using Eurofound's European Jobs Monitor.
Identifier: fomeef18003en.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156038

Title: Submission from the CCPA to Natural Resources Canada's consultation on a people-centred just transition
Description: Canada must wind down and ultimately phase out the vast majority of oil, gas and coal production in the next 30 years to meet our domestic and international climate goals, CCPA Senior Researcher Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood writes in a submission to the federal government's consultation on just transition legislation. The regulatory phase-out of coal-powered electricity generation in Canada provides a very clear model for how this can and should be done, he writes. Once a clear deadline is set, firms and workers can begin to plan for the transition into new industries. In contrast, the absence of a clear end date for oil and gas production encourages firms and workers to continue to invest into what will inevitably become stranded assets and stranded careers. "There can be no just transition without a transition," Mertins-Kirkwood writes.
Identifier: SubmissiontoNRCconsultation.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156036

Title: Working Harmoniously on the Earth: CUPE's National Environment Policy
Description: CUPE's National Executive Board has adopted an updated environmental policy in response to the deepening climate crisis. Building on our policy adopted by the Board in 2013, the new policy places even greater urgency on a bold response to the climate crisis. The policy calls for new ways of working and living based on public, renewable sources of energy, and an end to fossil fuels. It also highlights the need for strong Just Transition programs enshrined in federal legislation to support and uplift workers, and recognizes that climate change impacts racialized communities even more aggressively. We all have a role to play in fighting the climate crisis, and as Canada's largest union, we recognize we must take our part in that fight. We encourage all CUPE members to read the policy and consider what changes you can make in your local, your workplace, and in your community.
Identifier: Working_in_harmony_with_the_earth.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156035

Title: Tracking the Energy Transition 2021: The New Reality
Description: As jobs in fossil fuels decline amid a shifting global landscape, rapid growth in Canada's clean energy sector will more than make up the difference. So finds the modelling report, The New Reality, from Clean Energy Canada and Navius Research, which forecasts changes in jobs, GDP and investment in Canadian energy between 2020 and 2030. Canada's clean energy sector already employs 430,500 people—more than the entire real estate sector—and by 2030, that number is projected to grow almost 50% to 639,200 under the federal government's new climate plan. At the same time, Canada's fossil fuel sector will see a 9% drop in employment. In terms of raw numbers, the 208,700 new clean energy jobs added by 2030 far exceed the 125,800 lost in fossil fuels. Canada's clean energy sector is made up of companies and jobs that help reduce carbon pollution, whether by generating clean energy, helping move it, reducing energy consumption, or making low-carbon technologies. It includes a wide range of jobs, from technicians working in renewable energy generation, like wind and solar, to the worker assembling battery packs for new electric buses to the insulator retrofitting homes so they waste less energy.
Identifier: Report_CEC_CleanJobs2021.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156032

Title: Women in Alberta's Energy Transition: A review of barriers to participation and leadership
Description: Alberta's energy economy is transitioning, and a common goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 in the province is emerging. These changes offer the opportunity to design a new economy that works for everyone, and gender equity must be a priority in this transition. Not only are women vastly underrepresented in Alberta's current energy industry, but they are also underpaid. In fact, gender inequity in Alberta's energy sector is one of the leading contributors to Canada's overall wage gap. In this report, we review the existing literature and diverse perspectives on the barriers to women's participation and leadership in Alberta's energy transition so they can be considered within the larger context of net-zero. The goal is to provide a foundation of understanding for Alberta's emerging energy sector, so that past experiences can be considered to help build a more equitable and inclusive future.
Identifier: 2021-10-14-womeninalbertasenergytransition-pembina.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156024

Title: Buy Clean: How Public Construction Dollars Can Create Jobs and Cut Pollution
Description: Construction materials— including aluminum, cement, steel, and wood— are in nearly everything we build and a vital economic backbone for Canada. Given the scale of our built infrastructure and how long we expect our roads, bridges and wastewater systems to last, what we build with matters. Our buildings account for 13% of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions and when you add in our built infrastructure, you get a hefty portion of our carbon footprint. How we spend on public construction can create jobs and help to cut pollution. This crucial part of our Canada's economic recovery is detailed in Blue Green Canada's latest report. The good news for us: when it comes to the carbon footprint of these construction materials, Canada has a unique advantage. Thanks in large part to our country's clean electricity grid (which is now 82% emissions-free), goods produced here often have a smaller carbon footprint than those produced elsewhere. When you combine this with the efficiency of our manufacturers and the fact that it's less polluting to ship materials across a land border than across an ocean, it becomes clear that Canada's advantage is also its opportunity. Canada's target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 requires substantial carbon reductions across all economic sectors. Changing the way we look at public infrastructure can unlock previously overlooked pollution reduction opportunities while simultaneously supporting Canadian manufacturers and creating the conditions for them to thrive in the low-carbon global marketplace.
Identifier: Buy-Clean-How-Public-Construction-Dollars-Can-Create-Jobs-and-Cut-Pollution-Eng-2-1.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156021

Title: Re-Energizing Canada: Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future
Description: Commissioned by Natural Resources Canada in Fall 2016 Written by 72 scholars from all 10 provinces Draws on data, peer-reviewed research and other relevant documents Offers suggestions on how Canadian governments, companies and citizens can advance decarbonisation in a manner coherent with the Paris Agreement After reviewing hundreds of articles and reports, and analysing much data, we are convinced more than ever that Canada has an opportunity to drive innovation and deliver benefits now and into the future by tapping our vast renewable energy potential and know-how to make the transition away from fossil-fuel-based energy systems.
Identifier: ReEnergizing_Final.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156020

Title: Making Kyoto work: A transition strategy for Canadian energy workers
Description: Making Kyoto Work: A Transition Strategy for Canadian Energy Workers finds that there are tremendous economic opportunities in becoming more energy efficient and developing new technologies--in alternative fuels, fuel-efficient vehicles, and in wind, geothermal, and tidal power. The study develops a transition strategy that allows Canada to meet its Kyoto Protocol commitments and at the same time provide transition support and employment for energy workers who lose their jobs. Dale Marshall, a resource policy analyst with the BC office of the CCPA and author of the study, estimates that 12,800 Canadian energy workers will lose their jobs over the next 10 years if Canada acts upon its Kyoto commitments, but over the same period, 16,000 new energy jobs will be created. Marshall says that "new jobs won't necessarily require the same skills or be in the same region, which is why we need a strategy to help workers with transition."
Identifier: making_kyoto_work.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156019

Title: Facing fossil fuels' future: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers in Canada's Energy and Labour Transitions
Description: Climate Action Network - Réseau action climat (CAN-Rac) Canada and Blue Green Canada launched their new joint report, Facing Fossil Fuels' Future: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers in Canada's Energy and Labour Transitions. Alarm bells are ringing louder and louder on the need to keep warming to 1.5°C to maintain a livable planet. This means stopping the expansion and scaling down production of oil and gas; a recent report in the journal Nature calculated that Canada needs to keep 83% of fossil fuels in the ground to keep 1.5°C within reach. Facing Fossil Fuels' Future explores the outlook for workers currently employed by the oil and gas industry under a 1.5°C-aligned pathway, and the new careers that need to be created within the decade to offer these workers opportunities in other sectors. Teika Newton, Managing Director of CAN-Rac Canada, shared an overview of the report alongside Jamie Kirkpatrick, Program Manager at Blue Green Canada, an alliance between Canadian labour unions, environmental and civil society organizations to advocate for working people and the environment. Meg Gingrich of United Steelworkers and Ken Bondy of Unifor shared their reflections on the topic.
Identifier: Facing-Fossil-Fuels-Future-October-2021.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156013

Title: Long Term Energy and Climate Change Strategy Advice on Scoping of Phase II Research
Identifier: NRTEE-2006-Long-Term-Energy-and-Climate-Change-Strategy-Advice-on-Scoping-of-Phase-II-Research.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1154342

Title: Advice on a Long term Strategy on Energy and Climate Change Phase II
Identifier: NRTEE-2006-Advice-on-a-Long-term-Strategy-on-Energy-and-Climate-Change-Phase-II.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1154304

Title: Issues in Low Carbon Energy Technology Development
Identifier: NRTEE-2005-Issues-in-Low-Carbon-Energy-Technology-Development.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1154151

Title: Long term Energy and Climate Change Issues for Canada
Identifier: NRTEE-2006-Long-term-Energy-and-Climate-Change-Issues-for-Canada.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1154001

Title: Long term Energy and Climate Change issues for Canada Briefing note
Identifier: NRTEE-2006-Long-term-Energy-and-Climate-Change-issues-for-Canada_Briefing-note.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1153981

Title: The Governance of Canadian Energy and Climate Change Policy
Identifier: NRTEE-2005-The-Governance-of-Canadian-Energy-and-Climate-Change-Policy.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1153972

Title: Outreach on NRTEE Advice for a Long term Strategy on Energy and Climate Change in Canada
Identifier: NRTEE-2006-Outreach-on-NRTEE-Advice-for-a-Long-term-Strategy-on-Energy-and-Climate-Change-in-Canada.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1153918

Title: The Role of Hydropower in a Carbon Constrained Energy Future for Canada
Identifier: NRTEE-2005-The-Role-of-Hydropower-in-a-Carbon-Constrained-Energy-Future-for-Canada.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1153815

Title: Building the green economy: Employment effects of green energy investments for Ontario
Description: Widely cited study. Estimates of job creation are given for 2 alternative investment scenarios for the province: 1) a baseline program of $18.6 billion invested in conservation and demand management; hydroelectric power; on-shore wind power; bioenergy; waste energy recycling; and solar power over 10 years, and 2) a more ambitious $47.1 billion 10-year investment program, also investing in off-shore wind power and a smart grid electrical transmission system. Recommendations include ways for the province to maximize the quantity and quality of those jobs.
Identifier (PID): yul:575593