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Economic Instruments for Long-term Reductions in Energy-based Carbon Emissions

Federal and provincial governments should consider a range of fiscal instruments to promote long-term reductions in carbon emissions. In Economic Instruments for Long-term Reductions in Energy-based Carbon Emissions, the NRTEE’s Task Force on Ecological Fiscal Reform and Energy recommends a constructive and effective approach to addressing this issue with a combination of broad-based and targeted measures, including subsidies, credits, user fees and taxes, to encourage reductions in the long-term of greenhouse gases and the promotion of key energy technologies. Read More

Securing Canada's Natural Capital: A Vision for Nature Conservation in the 21st Century

Parks and protected areas are reservoirs of natural capital, including environmental services like clean water and pollination, and environmental goods such as lumber and DNA. They are the basic building blocks of conservation, but by themselves are not enough. Conservation efforts in Canada are not keeping pace with the mounting pressures on both the land and marine ecosystems. The Round Table has developed a set of recommendations aimed at furthering conservation on our working landscapes where agricultural, logging and mining industries operate. Read More

Environmental Quality in Canadian Cities:
The Federal Role

This State of the Debate report addresses the emerging importance of cities, as well as their increasing environmental challenges. It is the culmination of the work of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy’s Urban Sustainability Program. The program was launched in December 2001 primarily to identify federal fiscal policies to improve the quality of Canada’s urban environments. Read More

Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators for Canada

Canada’s decision-makers have no way of measuring whether our country can maintain its current level of economic activity and prosperity into the future. We must take better account of those assets necessary to sustain a dynamic economy, a healthy society, and a vibrant environment for future generations of Canadians. The National Round Table has developed six proposed new formal economic measures – or indicators. Five of the recommended indicators measure Canada’s natural capital – measuring trends in forest cover, freshwater quality, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and the extent of wetlands. The sixth indicator measures educational attainment. Read More

Cleaning up the Past, Building the Future : A National Brownfield Redevelopment Strategy for Canada

The vision of the National Strategy on Brownfield Redevelopment is to transform Canada’s brownfields into economically productive, environmentally healthy and socially vibrant centres of community life, through the coordinated efforts of all levels of government, the private sector and community organizations. This strategy is designed to eliminate key barriers to brownfield redevelopment, including lack of access to capital, liability and risk problems, and low stakeholder awareness. The result is a realistic, practical, and innovative blueprint for action that presents a coordinated, comprehensive national approach to cleaning up and redeveloping brownfields in Canada. Read More