Worth continuing to read past the jobs# in this SP Institute report for some important takeaways about making sure that Canada has the skilled workers it needs to actually DO #adaptation. institute.smartprosperity.ca/publications/a…

Great piece by Don Drummond Queen's University School of Policy Studies and my colleague Sarah Miller in Ottawa Citizen on accounting for economic impacts of #climate change. "2022 should be the last year that the federal budget notes climate change as a risk that is unaccounted for in long-term projections"

Today the federal government released Canada's first ever #NationalAdaptationStrategy. This is an crucial step in making #climatechange #adaptation a national priority and coordinating resilience-building efforts across the country. See Canadian Climate Institute 🧵, below.

Important thread here. New work from The Atmospheric Fund, with modeling by Power Advisory LLC, shows going big on gas is a costly path for Ontario's power system. As we argued in The Big Switch, we have the tech to make our grids bigger, cleaner and smarter. climateinstitute.ca/reports/big-sw…

A National Adaptation Strategy for Canada is a big deal and a big win for adaptation. Sarah Miller and I break down how we can make the #NAS better and more likely to be executed successfully, in a Canadian Climate Institute report released today.

What to make of the IESO's recent announcement on expanding natural gas capacity in Ontario. Our analysis + the crucial role for local players in managing emissions in cities. #ONpoli #energyefficiency #solar #wind New blog: taf.ca/what-to-make-o…

In Canada: Lightning is responsible for about 45% of all wildfires on average, but accounts for about 81% of the total area burned in a given year. This is because human-caused (accidental or intentional) wildfires tend to occur near population centres, where they are actioned

My very smart colleague Dave Sawyer (Dave Sawyer) on Power and Politics. He discusses work we did together for Canadian Climate Institute on the costs of climate inaction—costs that are becoming increasingly clear in the context of the 2023 fire season.