Originally posted by the Canadian Climate Institute: https://440megatonnes.ca/insight/state-canadian-climate-policy-landscape/ Introduction Governments implement a variety of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This climate policy mix is increasingly complex and varies in instruments, design, coverage, and stringency. To further complicate matters, tracking and assessing this complex mix of climate policies is particularly challenging in federations like Canada, where […]

Carbon pricing is widely recognized as the most cost-effective way to reduce emissions. However, the differences between the federal backstop system and provincial carbon pricing systems might ultimately result in increased internal/external carbon leakage risks and competitiveness challenges for provinces with more stringent climate policies. For this reason, it is necessary to improve the economic […]

Global economies have been heavily impacted in the wake of Covid-19. The coronavirus has created dramatic negative impacts on global growth and trade. The government response to restrict large components of the economy to safeguard public health resulted in massive job loss, reduced tax revenues, diminished consumer confidence, and increased public debt. As a result, […]