Supporting Canada’s Low Carbon Transition
Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques is Canada’s foremost journal examining economic and social policy, directed at decision makers in business and government, and policy researchers. This special issue, sponsored by GRI, examines how sustainable and climate finance can support Canada’s low-carbon transition across public sector readiness, disclosure, financial sector integration, and sector pathways.
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Assessing Climate Preparedness: A Comparative Analysis of Canada’s Provinces and Municipalities
Executive Summary: Climate change is reshaping Canada’s risk landscape, with wildfires, floods, storms, and other natural disasters imposing escalating financial and societal costs. This study examines how prepared Canadian provinces
Navigating Uncertainties: Analyzing Climate Programs Monitoring in Canada
Executive Summary: This study examines how Quebec government departments perceive and manage methodological, institutional, and political challenges in measuring and monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions from public climate actions.
Canadian Climate Transition Policy Risk and the Performance of Green versus Brown Stocks
Executive Summary: This paper aims to measure and assess the impact of Canadian climate transition policy risk on the return and volatility of green vs brown firms. Using a novel
Synthesizing Emerging Best Practices for Forward-Looking Corporate Climate-Related Disclosure: Implications for Canada
Executive Summary: This study addresses a central question for Canadian regulators and financial actors: what constitutes a credible, forward-looking climate-related disclosure, and how can Canada align with emerging global practice?
A Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Finance Policies and Practices of Canadian Development Financial Institutions and Multilateral Development Banks
Executive Summary: This paper examines how Canadian Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and international Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) integrate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into investment decisions and how they
From Legitimacy to Leadership: A Comparative Analysis of Environmental, Social, and Governance Reports from the World’s Largest Private Equity Firms
Executive Summary: This report examines how leading private equity (PE) managers disclose their relationship to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ESG reporting and compares Canada’s largest PE firm, Brookfield
Cohesion of Sustainable Finance Policies Across Jurisdictions
Executive Summary: Canada has often been labelled as a laggard on climate-related financial policies (Carney 2024; Galvez 2023; Jones 2024; Krauter 2023; Office of the Auditor General of Canada 2022;
Optimal Pathway for Decarbonizing Canada’s Maritime Transport: Short-Term (2025-2035), Medium-Term (2035-2050), and Long-Term (2050 and beyond)
Executive Summary: This study investigates the optimal phased pathway for decarbonizing Canada’s maritime transport sector across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons. It applies the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) – Analytic Hierarchy