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About Mark Jaccard

Mark Jaccard is a climate change expert and professor of sustainable energy at Simon Fraser University.

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Canada’s energy regulator turns a blind eye to dangerous global warming

Canadians need expert analysis to guide the economic transformation to battle climate crisis. A recent report from the Canada Energy Regulator provides an inadequate blueprint, write Kathryn Harrison, Mark Jaccard, Nicholas Rivers and Angela Carter.
Opinion | December 14th 2021
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Climate crisis and elections: An urgent time for honesty

Government directly controls only a small part of our national emissions, and even large government subsidies to households and firms are repeatedly shown by leading researchers to have but a small effect, writes Mark Jaccard.
Election 2021
Opinion | September 14th 2021

Can Canada make a difference?

Does Trudeau need to atone for all Stephen Harper's 'climate fossil' awards? Or merely craft a coherent policy that will put Canada - and the world - on track towards a low-carbon future?
Road to Paris
Opinion, Energy | November 20th 2015

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