User:Sta90/sandbox

Clean Energy Canada is a non-partisan think tank based out of Simon Fraser University that conducts and publishes research on climate and clean energy policy. The organization is formally a program of the university's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue but is independently funded.

Focus & Activities
The think tank focuses on researching and communicating solutions to Canada's energy transition, with an "explicit mandate to build consensus around clean growth by bringing business leaders, NGOs, political elites, academics and other segments of civil society into dialogue and collaboration." It has been described by academics as an ENGO and as a "progressive" think tank.

Government policy
At the federal level, Clean Energy Canada has called for industrial policy to unlock trade and employment opportunities in renewable energy, clean tech, and energy conservation. Its work, which includes periodic clean energy jobs modelling and other types of economic modelling, has been written into the Government of Canada's interim Sustainable Jobs Plan, Clean Electricity Regulations, The Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy, and both the country's 2020 and 2022 (current) climate plans.

Public engagement
Among top Canadian "pro-climate action" civil society actors sharing links to climate news on the social media platform Facebook, the number of engagements received on such posts from Clean Energy Canada is the closest to rivalling that of top "anti-climate action" organizations, such as right-wing organizations Canada Proud (also known as The Prouds) and the Conservative Party of Canada, all of which receive more engagement than any pro-climate action pages, including Clean Energy Canada's and Greenpeace's.

___

Clean Energy Canada conducts research, communications, and convening to inform and advance policies and ideas that accelerate Canada's shift to a clean economy. It has staff experts on climate law, transport electrification, energy generation and storage, industrial decarbonization, and communications.

Clean Energy Canada conducts research, communications, and convening to inform and advance policies and ideas that accelerate Canada's shift to a clean economy.

Clean Energy Canada is a non-partisan think tank based out of Simon Fraser University that conducts and publishes research on climate and clean energy policy. The organization is formally a program of the university's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue but is independently funded. Clean Energy Canada has offices in Vancouver, Victoria, Bowen Island, Toronto, and Ottawa.

Focus[edit | edit source]
Clean Energy Canada conducts research, communications, and convening to inform and advance policies and ideas that accelerate Canada's shift to clean energy, clean transportation, and a clean economy. It has staff experts on climate law, transport electrification, energy generation and storage, industrial decarbonization, and communications.

Influence[edit | edit source]
Merran Smith, founder of the think tank and a Fellow at the Centre for Dialogue, "co-chaired British Columbia’s Climate Solutions and Clean Growth Advisory Council that helped shape the province’s current climate action plan."

Clean Energy Canada's work has informed the Government of Canada's interim Sustainable Jobs Plan, Clean Electricity Regulations, The Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy, and both the country's 2020 and 2022 (current) climate plans.

Its staff regularly testify before government bodies and provide expert commentary on climate and clean energy matters on local, national, and international news outlets.

References[edit | edit source]

 * 1) ^ Jump up to:a b c
 * 2) ^ Jump up to:a b
 * 3) ^
 * 4) ^
 * 5) ^
 * 6) ^
 * 7) ^
 * 8) ^
 * 9) ^
 * 10) ^
 * 11) ^
 * 12) ^
 * 13) ^
 * 14) ^
 * 15) ^
 * 16) ^ . "Ollie Sheldrick, program manager of Clean Economy at Clean Energy Canada, says construction materials are a huge source of global carbon pollution but Canada's hydro-powered electricity offers a important advantage in this industry. He says one crucial step is fostering low-carbon procurement in construction by multiple layers of government."