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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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Canada's Fourth Biennial Report on Climate Change
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Canada is pleased to present its Fourth Biennial Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Since Canada's last National Communication and Biennial Report1, Canada has continued to implement its national climate change plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (the Pan-Canadian Framework), and work towards reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the economy. Canada welcomes this opportunity to highlight its international emission reduction targets, as well as ongoing mitigation efforts, emissions trends and projections, and international climate finance contributions.
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br4_final_en.pdf
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yul:1156042
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Canada's Energy Sector: Status, evolution, revenue, employment, production forecasts, emissions and implications for emissions reduction
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This report by veteran earth scientist David Hughes analyzes the state of the oil and gas sector in Canada and finds that while production is increasing, jobs and revenues paid to government are decreasing. The report finds the oil and gas sector alone will cause Canada to fail to meet its Paris Agreement target of a 40 per cent reduction by 2030, set by Prime Minister Trudeau at President Biden's recent climate summit Hughes finds the sector will also cause Canada to miss its "net zero" target by 2050 as laid out in Bill C-12. It details how the sector no longer contributes like it once did to government revenues in Canada, and jobs in the sector are down by more than 50,000 from their 2014 peak and are unlikely to return—even with production at record highs. The report concludes that continuing on the country's current path for the oil and gas sector makes meeting Canada's emissions-reduction targets impossible. It recommends a stark change in direction to meet the targets, including a rethink of oil and gas exports and the development of a plan for the future that includes a just transition for workers. It also finds that planned expansions of the TMX and Line 3 pipelines are not needed because Canada already has enough pipeline capacity to transport the amount of oil the Canada Energy Regulator is projecting for export through 2050.
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REPORT_ccpa-bc-cmp_canadas-energy-sector.pdf
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yul:1156033
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Energy Transition: Are we winning?
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Is the World Really Moving Away from Fossil Fuels? Examining the Evidence. During 2015 and 2016, a number of significant public and political figures have made statements suggesting that the world is "moving away from fossil fuels," and that the battle against greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and climate change is therefore being won. Such statements are frequently accompanied by assurances that the transition to renewable energy and a low-carbon economy is both "inevitable" and already well underway, and that economic growth will soon be "decoupled" from dangerously high annual emissions levels. This optimism has also been accepted by a section of the environmental movement, and even by some unions.
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TUED-Working-Paper-9_Web-1.pdf
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yul:1156030
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A Just and fair transition for Canadian coal power workers and communities: Final Report of the Task Force
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The devastating impacts of climate change are becoming clearer each year. More frequent and intense floods, storms, fires, heat waves, and droughts are destroying communities and homes, and putting the lives and futures of Canadians at risk. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2018 report on global warming of 1.5°C shows that our window to prevent the worst-case scenario is quickly closing. We do know what is causing climate change and we can do something about it. We need to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions released into our environment. There are several ways in which we can accomplish this, including wasting less energy and investing in cleaner energy sources. Businesses, scientists, governments, communities, and individuals in Canada and around the world are beginning to prove that you can reduce GHG emissions, invest in reliable and affordable clean energy, create decent jobs, and have stable economies. Although coal-fired electricity has contributed significantly to Canada's economic past and present—and provided Canadians with affordable and reliable electricity and heat for many generations—it produces significant amounts of air pollutants and GHG emissions. It has well documented costs to human health and is a major contributor to climate change: approximately 20% of all GHG emissions in the world came from coal-fired electricity in 2013. Recognizing these facts, and supported by commitments in the 2015 Paris Agreement, Canada and other countries are intent on replacing coal-fired electricity with cleaner sources of fuel over the coming years and decades. In 2016, Canada committed to the phase-out of traditional coal-fired electricity across the country by 2030.
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En4-361-2019-eng.pdf
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yul:1156029
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Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change: Third Annual Synthesis Report on the Status of Implementation - 2019
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The Government of Canada has released the Pan-Canadian Framework Third Annual Synthesis Report outlining progress made over the past year by federal, provincial, and territorial governments in implementing Canada's climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. Collaboration between federal, provincial, and territorial governments as well as with Indigenous Peoples, businesses, and civil society remained a high priority to ensure the success of actions spanning all sectors of the Canadian economy. The Pan-Canadian Framework is built on four pillars: pricing carbon pollution; complementary actions to reduce emissions across the economy; adaptation and climate resilience; and clean technology, innovation, and jobs. The Pan-Canadian Framework includes more than fifty concrete actions that cover all sectors of the Canadian economy and puts Canada on a path toward meeting our Paris Agreement GHG-emissions-reduction target of 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. In 2019, significant progress continued to be made across the four pillars of the Pan-Canadian Framework: Carbon-pollution pricing is in place across Canada. Governments continued to: fund programs focused on energy efficiency to help people and businesses save money while reducing their emissions; make progress on a number of adaptation initiatives to manage risks, build resilience, and help ensure that Canadian communities thrive in a changing climate; and take action to support the development, commercialization, and adoption of clean technology in Canada; promote collaboration across jurisdictions; and establish a clean-technology data strategy.
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En1-77-2019-eng.pdf
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yul:1156028
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Buy Clean: How Public Construction Dollars Can Create Jobs and Cut Pollution
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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.
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Buy-Clean-How-Public-Construction-Dollars-Can-Create-Jobs-and-Cut-Pollution-Eng-2-1.pdf
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yul:1156021
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Re-Energizing Canada: Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future
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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.
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ReEnergizing_Final.pdf
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yul:1156020
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Making Kyoto work: A transition strategy for Canadian energy workers
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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."
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making_kyoto_work.pdf
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yul:1156019
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Net-Zero Pathways: Initial Observations
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To start on the right path, the NZAB was tasked to deliver a summary of existing domestic and international pathways to net-zero within the first three months of our mandate. This document lays out what we have learned so far. We begin by setting out the context and momentum for net-zero commitments in Canada and internationally. We then offer ten key observations on net-zero pathways: five are foundational values and five are design principles. These observations resonated with our diverse expertise and experiences. They will guide our work to engage and advise on net-zero pathways. The observations are interconnected and should be read together; prioritizing some to the detriment of others will not lead us to most likely pathways. A concluding section then provides an overview of our plan for the remainder of this year. Finally, two annexes describe how we approached this summary, including who we heard from in our first three months, and what resources informed our early thinking.
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9fce922e91ab369313cf4caffe773e79_NZAB_-_Summary_-_Pathways_to_Net-Zero_-_EN.pdf
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yul:1156018
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Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change: Second Annual Synthesis Report on the Status of Implementation – December 2018
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On December 9, 2016, Canada's First Ministers adopted the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF). The PCF is built on four pillars: pricing carbon pollution, complementary actions to reduce emissions across the economy, adaptation and climate resilience, and clean technology, innovation, and jobs. The PCF includes more than fifty concrete actions that cover all sectors of the Canadian economy, and positions Canada to meet its Paris Agreement greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target of 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Implementing PCF actions will not only spur GHG emissions reductions and increase resilience to climate change impacts across the country, but will provide additional benefits for Canadians. Households will have opportunities for cost-savings, such as through energy efficiency upgrades that lower utility bills, and communities will benefit from infrastructure that is resilient to a changing climate. Canadians' health will be improved through reduced air pollution from the phase-out of coal fired electricity, and through reduced risk of illnesses associated with extreme heat and infectious diseases. New job opportunities, such as those in clean technology innovation, will emerge as Canada's participation in the global clean economy grows. This second annual Synthesis Report summarizes the significant progress achieved in 2018 by federal, provincial, and territorial governments, in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and with engagement from stakeholders, in implementing the PCF.
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En1-77-2018-eng.pdf
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yul:1156015
