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FINDING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS

OUR PROCESS

Our process helps Canada achieve sustainable development solutions that integrate environmental and economic considerations to ensure the lasting prosperity and well-being of our nation.

RESEARCH

We rigorously research and conduct high quality analysis on issues of sustainable development. Our thinking is original and thought provoking.

CONVENE

We convene opinion leaders and experts from across Canada around our table to share their knowledge and diverse perspectives. We stimulate debate and integrate polarities. We create a context for possibilities to emerge.

ADVISE

We generate ideas and provide realistic solutions to advise governments, Parliament and Canadians. We proceed with resolve and optimism to bring Canada’s economy and environment closer together.

Governance

Governance is the process by which societies or organizations make important decisions, how they involve others, and how they account to citizens. Integrating the environment and the economy requires new governance methods. 

Environmental issues such as water scarcity and climate change require our governments to consider new ways of making policies.

In Canada, the central idea of sustainable development can only succeed if it considers environmental and economic objectives and concerns, together. 

Our Work

The Sustainability Project

The NRTEE joined forces with the Public Policy Forum (PPF) to explore how new, collaborative engagement processes can lead to better sustainable development policy in Canada.

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The NRTEE’s Response to its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act

The Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (KPIA) passed by Parliament in June 2007 stipulates that every year, the Government of Canada must prepare a Climate Change Plan describing the measures and policies it has enacted to meet itsobligations under the Kyoto Protocol. KPIA mandates NRT to conduct research and assess the likelihood that the proposed measures…

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