TransCanada's Eastern Pipeline & Why I Oppose Keystone XL
TransCanada announced it's holding a "binding open season" to solicit firm shipper commitments for its Energy East pipeline. This as it awaits a decision from the Obama administration on its Keystone...
View ArticleCanadian academic stands against XL Keystone Pipeline
In a recent New York Times Op-Ed, Thomas Homer-Dixon wrote that President Obama could “do Canada a favor” by blocking the Keystone XL Pipeline project.read more
View ArticleThe oil economy and Canadian democracy
Thomas Homer-Dixon, CIGI chair of global systems, discusses his recent New York Times op-ed on the Keystone XL pipeline with Q on CBC Radio One.
View ArticleThomas Homer-Dixon NYT Editorial: "The Tar Sands Disaster"
Thomas Homer-Dixon, CIGI chair of global systems and Canadian author of The Ingenuity Gap and The Upside of Down, wrote an editorial in this past Sunday's New York Times, entitled "The Tar Sands...
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Financing Global Environmental Public Goods
General informationArchive: No Publishing Date: Wednesday, 1 May 2013Project Lead (Linked): Barry CarinActivity Contacts: Barry CarinDeclan KellyProject Partner: Center for Global DevelopmentKorea...
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FGEPG Workshop: How to raise the money?
Projects (Linked): Financing Global Environmental Public GoodsSpeakers (Not Linked): TitleNameShort Bio Short Description: Researchers from CIGI’s Financing Global Environmental Public Goods...
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FGEPG Workshop: How to spend the money?
Projects (Linked): Financing Global Environmental Public GoodsSpeakers (Not Linked): TitleNameShort Bio Short Description: Researchers from CIGI’s Financing Global Environmental Public Goods...
View ArticleHarper Seeks to Build Keystone XL Support on U.S. Visit
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seeking to counter opposition to TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL pipeline, a project crucial for boosting Canada’s economy and Harper’s plans to make the country...
View ArticleStudy of Controversial Dam Reveals Hidden Dependence on Rainforest
Hydropower dams may be an unlikely new weapon for conservationists trying to save tropical trees. A new study reveals that vast forests are necessary to keep rivers flowing and turbines spinning....
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Get inspired by the future!
Monday, 6 May 2013Sharing Local Knowledge GloballyAdriane MacDonaldImagine a car-free city, where pedestrian and cyclists have free rein, moving about the streets freely and safely. Suwon City in South...
View Article‘All the facts’ support Keystone pipeline, Harper tells U.S. audience
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a stark case for the Keystone XL pipeline to an influential New York audience, saying no further debate is necessary and an increasing supply of oil from Canada is...
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The Equator Principles: An Effective Tool to Govern the Sustainability of...
General informationArchive: No Publishing Date: Thursday, 2 May 2013Project Lead (Not Linked): Olaf Weber Project Members (Not Linked): EMMANUEL O’ACHETA Funding Partner: Export Development...
View ArticleCIGI fellow urges G20 to lead IMF rethink on climate change financing
Waterloo, Canada – May 24, 2013 – An innovative G20 interpretation of the rules of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may be required to finance global environmental public goods, according to a new...
View ArticleImproving Participatory Water Governance in Accra, Ghana
Collected Series: CIGI-Africa Initiative Policy Brief SeriesProject output: Africa InitiativeThe city of Accra faces challenges in providing its citizens with potable water due to rapid population...
View ArticleHow the oil sands industry is distorting Canada’s economy
By 2030, Canada’s output from the oil sands will reach about five million barrels a day, more than twice today’s output. Yet, by 2030, chances are also good that the world will have placed a price on...
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A. Neil Craik
General informationArchive: No First Name: Neil Last Name: Craik Position: Director of the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) at the University of Waterloo Website:...
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The Function and Form of a Geoengineering Research Registry
General informationArchive: No Publishing Date: Thursday, 2 May 2013Project Lead (Linked): A. Neil CraikProject Members (Linked): David RunnallsProject Members (Not Linked): Jason Blackstock, Nigel...
View ArticleObama, unlike Harper, heeds climate’s message
Pull Quote: The insistence on prosperity based on fossil fuels that exacerbate environmental disruptions presents Canadians with a pressing choice as to what kind of “security” they wish to pursue....
View ArticlePipeline politics and the cross-border blame game
Some Canadians tend (mistakenly) to treat speeches from President Obama as tablets of unassailable wisdom from on high — while many Americans view them as acts of political theatre in a highly...
View ArticleNo trains, no Keystone XL?
On hearing of the catastrophe in Lac-Mégantic, our first thoughts were with the city’s residents who had lost loved ones, friends, homes and businesses. But because the train was carrying crude to a...
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