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Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—Challenges for OECD Countries. Part 3: Means of Implementation
In part three of a blog series on the challenges that OECD countries face in reporting on their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Mark Halle discusses financing the implementation of goals.
Environmental Protection Boosts Productivity
"Adopting an actual price on carbon emissions and incorporating them into the market economy would affect decisions throughout the economy and help prevent harmful climate change."
Why We Are Excited About Canada's 2016 Census
Charles Thrift explains why our Knowledge program shares Canadians' enthusiasm for the 2016 Census.
A Beef with Competition
Should the arrival of ethical beef at Earl’s restaurants be considered good news?
Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—Challenges for OECD countries (Part I)
Switzerland will be one of the first countries to report back to the UN's High-Level Political Forum on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. In the first of a series of postings, Mark Halle highlights critical issues for Switzerland—and by extension, other OECD countries—to address in its reporting.
India’s 2016 Budget: A mixed bag for clean energy alternatives
India's 2016 budget features some important concessions for increasing clean energy, but it is not without drawbacks.
Towards a Strategy for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Canada
Canada is thus obliged, like other UN member states, to help achieve the SDGs both domestically and internationally by 2030.
Hardly a ‘War on Coal’
If it were true that the government is waging a war on coal, it could easily be convicted of aiding and abetting the enemy. The government actually uses its budgetary and regulatory powers to provide subsidies and other benefits to the coal sector worth many billions of dollars per year.
Energy Sector’s Responses to Extreme Weather Events
How was the energy sector in Canada affected by recent extreme weather events? How prepared was the sector to address these impacts?