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Carbon Pricing in Transition: How to align Canada’s many systems to strengthen competitiveness and climate action

October 9, 2024

The energy transition presents a chance for Canada’s small, open economy to reset and recharge its global competitiveness.

Climate Action Institute

September 9, 2024

Read our insightful work on how the climate economy is transforming key sectors such as agriculture, buildings, electricity, oil and gas, and transportation.

Climate Briefing:
A Smart Heating Solution For Canada’s Fiscally-Strained Municipalities

August 7, 2024

Policymakers in Canada’s fastest growing cities face a triple challenge over the next decade...

Indoor Vertical Farming: Rising To Meet Local Demand

July 8, 2024

How indoor agriculture can serve as a local food source in northern—and urban—settings Vertical farming is a form of controlled...

The Greenhouse Boom:
How indoor farming can transform food production and exports

June 12, 2024

Canada’s greenhouse sector is a hotbed for growth. Greenhouses specializing in fruits and vegetables in Canada have increased

The OceanTech Wave: Diving Deep for Climate Action

June 11, 2024

Can innovative tech turn the tide in the climate crisis?

Vivan Sorab:
Hydrogen—a pillar of a decarbonized Canada

June 10, 2024

There is a buzz around hydrogen. It comes in many iterations—geological, low-carbon, and conventional...

John Stackhouse:
Six Lessons From The First Ever Youth Climate Action Event

June 3, 2024

In late May, the RBC Climate Action Institute held its inaugural youth Climate Action Event. We brought together industry executives...

Think Small: How Canada can make small modular nuclear reactors a priority

May 14, 2024

Canada has urgent and challenging energy choices to make. We will need to rapidly scale power generation to service the...

Shifting gears: How new management tools will be as important as new engines in transforming heavy-vehicle fleets

May 7, 2024

Transportation is Canada’s second-highest emitting sector, after oil and gas, and most vehicle emissions come from passenger cars.

John Stackhouse:
Real economy insights for Budget 2024

April 16, 2024

Ottawa is much more than Parliament Hill. I spent a couple of days there last week, ahead of the federal budget, and had the chance to meet home builders, steelmakers, software entrepreneurs, a battery innovator, electric bus operator, a few AI players

Myha Truong-Regan:
Budget 2024 – Staying The Course On Climate?

April 15, 2024

recently renamed the Canada Carbon Rebate, and the spate of pre-budget announcements over the last several weeks signals that Budget 2024 may be a climate light budget.