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CASE STUDIES / Facing the Elements: Building Business Resilience in a Changing Climate
Climate change means business. And businesses are already on the frontline of climate change. The effects of more volatile weather and gradual changes in climate conditions will touch all facets of Canadian business in the decades to come. Despite growing awareness of the risks and opportunities that changing climate presents, few firms are adjusting business strategies and practices to adapt to this inevitable reality. Canada’s future economic prosperity relies on the continued resilience of Canadian business in a changing climate.
Cautious Optimism: Western Perspectives on a Low-Carbon Economy
In November 2011, nearly 50 western Canadians were brought together by the National Round Table and the Canada West Foundation to talk about the risks to and opportunities for western Canada as the global economy becomes more carbon-constrained, and the key elements in and barriers to the development and implementation of a low-carbon growth strategy. The information and insights from these meetings will feed into the NRT’s sixth report in its Climate Prosperity program.
Charting a Course: Sustainable Water Use by Canada's Natural Resource Sectors
Water has both environmental and economic value. It is essential to sustaining ecosystems and growing our economy. Charting a Course shows governments a fresh approach to manage water use by our oil and gas, energy, agriculture, forestry and mining sectors. It presents original research on future water use to 2030 by industry and suggests how pricing water can lead to more conservation and efficient water use.
Paying the Price: The Economic Impacts of Climate Change for Canada
Paying the Price is the first national-level study to assess the costs of growing climate change in our country and what it could mean to people, places, and prosperity. Little attention had been paid to the costs of inaction on global climate change and what this could mean to Canada economically as greenhouse gas emissions rise and climate change plays out. No nationally-focused economic study existed, until now. [Read more]
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