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Measuring Up: Benchmarking Canada’s Competitiveness in a Low-Carbon World

May 20, 2010

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Measuring Up: Benchmarking Canada’s Competitiveness in a Low-Carbon World

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.
Climate prosperity means competing with the world to build and new low-carbon future for Canada and Canadians. The green race is on. Canada needs to be ready.

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RESEARCH

Knowing where we stand today will help us prepare for future low carbon competitiveness. While the transition to a low-carbon economy is inevitable, the outcomes for us as a country are not. Measuring up creates Canada’s first-ever Low-Carbon Performance Index, comparing Canada’s performance with our G8 competitors.

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CONVENE

The NRT convened top national and international economic modelling policy experts and firms. The Index was created by the NRT and Deloitte LLP with important contributions from the Conference Board of Canada.

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ADVISE

The NRT’s Low-Carbon Performance Index breaks new ground by illustrating what matters most when it comes to low-carbon performance. This index is the first word, not the last, on what we should be tracking to ensure low-carbon competitive success. It commences a needed public policy conversation about where we must strategically focus and why, if we are to succeed in the transition to a global low-carbon economy.

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