Blog: Climate and Energy

Ontario cap-and-trade submission - design options - Ecofiscal

Dec 16 2015

Ecofiscal Submission: Ontario Cap-and-Trade Design Options

The Ecofiscal Commission firmly supports the advancement of the Ontario cap-and-trade program as a means to price carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effective and cost-effective manner. In November, the Government of Ontario released program design options for its incoming cap and trade system that will be linked with Quebec, Manitoba and California. […]

90 days after COP - #90Days Conversation - Climate Change - Trudeau - Carbon Pricing Canada

Dec 14 2015

The Next #90Days is about Getting Carbon Pricing Right in Canada

by Jessie Sitnick

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Climate Change Competitiveness

On Saturday, at the conclusion of the Paris COP, the world achieved a historic agreement on how to go forward with global action on climate change. It includes, among its many terms, a commitment to keep warming well below 2 degrees with the aim of a 1.5 degree limit, safeguards and financial supports for vulnerable […]

Trudeau - Canada - Carbon pricing - Carbon Pricing Leadership Council

Dec 3 2015

Canada’s a Global Ambassador for Carbon Pricing. So What?

by Jessie Sitnick

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Climate Change

An interesting thing happened at the Paris Climate Summit this week. Six-heads of state joined together with the World Bank and the IMF to officially launch the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition and sound a global call for pricing carbon. Here’s the kicker: Canada was one of those six. Just to put that in perspective: this […]

Nov 30 2015

There and Back Again: Subnational, National, and International Climate Policy

by Dale Beugin

Climate and Energy Cap-and-trade Carbon Pricing Carbon tax Provincial Policy

by Dale Beugin, Research Director The road to Paris and the 2015 UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) seems to be increasingly crowded. It starts with the provinces. Ontario is working out the details of its cap-and-trade partnership with Quebec, and new recommendations are imminent from both Alberta’s and BC’s expert advisory panels. That road […]

Carbon pricing - carbon tax - British Columbia

Nov 27 2015

The way forward for BC

by Dale Beugin

Climate and Energy British Columbia Carbon Pricing Carbon tax Competitiveness User Fees

British Columbia’s carbon tax has been at the forefront of carbon pricing policy in Canada since 2008. But now that other provinces are catching up, what’s next for BC? The province’s Climate Leadership Team has been working on potential next steps in BC’s climate policy. In the run-up to the Paris meetings, they are close […]

Ontario - carbon pricing - cap-and-trade

Nov 25 2015

How does Ontario’s Cap and Trade Program Design Options consider competitiveness pressures?

by Dale Beugin

Climate and Energy Cap-and-trade Carbon Pricing Provincial Policy Wonk Wednesday

Today, let’s talk about competitiveness pressures on industry under carbon pricing and how carbon pricing policy can be designed to address these concerns. And in particular, let’s take a look at how Ontario’s draft proposal for its cap-and-trade system considers these challenges. I’ll get (a little bit) into the weeds, but the implications are quite […]

An Open Letter from Economists on Canadian Carbon Pricing

Climate and Energy