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Water
April 12, 2012
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SETTING PRIORITIES FROM NRT’S CHARTING A COURSE RECOMMENDATIONS Watch video of the NRT Water Forum Related Report MESSAGE FROM THE NRT VICE-CHAIR AND PRESIDENT AND CEO This report, on the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy’s (NRT) National Water Forum, provides the start of an action plan that will make important contributions…
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Climate
September 26, 2011
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Establishing a price on carbon is one of the most powerful mechanisms available to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. Carbon pricing motivates businesses and individuals to reduce carbon emissions by providing incentives to invest in renewable energy and low-emission technologies and by making it more expensive to use damaging alternatives. This Report…
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Water
September 25, 2011
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Water has both environmental and economic value. It is essential to sustaining ecosystems and growing our economy. Ensuring our natural resource sectors – the biggest water users in Canada – both have enough water to grow, and use that water more efficiently and sustainably, is what the NRT’s new water report is all about. Charting a…
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September 1, 2011
RELEASED 2006 The 2005-2006 Annual Report of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE).The NRTEE is dedicated to exploring new opportunities to integrate environmental conservation and economic development, in order to sustain Canada’s prosperity and secure its future.
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Climate
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Climate Prosperity – Report # 1 In the global transition to a low-carbon economy, Canadian competitiveness is at stake. We need to determine where we can succeed and gain in achieving a low-carbon performance that will create jobs and opportunity for Canadians. This study examines how Canada ranks within the G8 nations for low-carbon performance.…
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August 30, 2011
Taking a Life Cycle Approach (LCA) to sustainable development involves identifying, understanding and reducing the environmental/material inputs and their impacts throughout the entire life cycle of a product, technology, or process. LCA-based concepts, tools and methodologies also have the potential to increase production efficiencies, market share, and achieve greater economic competitiveness for the private sector. The Minister…
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Meeting the Government of Canada’s 2020 emissions reduction target of 17% below 2005 levels will – by necessity – require the combined contribution from all initiatives and from all levels of government. Understanding what can be expected from provincial and territorial plans and policies will be a useful contribution to knowing what needs to be done to achieve this target. The NRT has been asked by the Minister of the Environment to conduct an analysis of provincial/territorial climate change plans and policies to assess their likely contribution to achieving Canada’s target and help inform federal policy approaches.
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Climate
August 1, 2011
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Degrees of Change: Climate Warming and the Stakes for Canada is about how Canada will be affected in a climate-changing world. The earth is warming and Canada is already experiencing this change at an even faster rate than other nations. Climate change promises to be both pervasive and pernicious. What will it mean to Canada? How will it impact us? What can we expect?
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Governance
July 31, 2011
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RELEASED JULY 2011 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 its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. In return, the NRTEE is mandated by the Kyoto Protocol…
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Climate
July 15, 2011
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Uncertainty about American climate policy shapes Canada’s own policy choices and direction. By necessity, our integrated economies require serious consideration of harmonizing Canadian climate policy with that of the United States. But different energy economies and greenhouse gas emission profiles in the two countries create different economic and environmental implications for Canada as we pursue such a harmonized policy approach.
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