Mark Lowey

Strategic federal investment and better data needed to support clean growth, says national research institute

Mark Lowey
September 30, 2020

The federal government needs to invest more strategically in clean technologies and improve data gathering to support climate goals, clean economic growth and Canadians' well-being, says a new report by the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices. Yet despite several challenges which include COVID-19, Canada's clean tech industry continues to grow, speakers told Sustainable Development Technology Canada's annual meeting.

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Organizations: Canadian Institute of Climate Choices, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Goldman Sachs, Government of Canada, Innovation Science and Industry, Natural Resources Canada, Public Safety Canada, Statistics Canada, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, and Westport Fuel Systems
People: Annette Verschuren, Karen Hamberg, Leah Lawrence, Michele Della Vigna, Navdeep Bains, and Rachel Samson
Topics: Canada's net-zero emissions target, Canadian industrial strategy, carbon pricing, clean economic growth, clean growth, clean tech industry, clean tech jobs, clean tech projects, Climate Change, climate economic and social policies, climate goals, COVID-19, data gathering and analysis, decarbonization, electric buses, federal support for clean growth, geothermal energy, global investment, government procurement programs, green infrastructure, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen fuel, independent research, low-carbon economy, pre-commercialization technologies, renewable power, SMEs, social goals, Speech from the Throne 2020, strategic investment, technology demonstration projects, upstream oil and gas indsutry, venture equity, well-being of Canadians, and zero-emissions vehicles

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