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Last fall, at the request of federal Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr, I joined a diverse committee of experts to discuss how Canada is going to be low
Carbon energy systems for the next 20 years.
Among us are executives from the oil and gas industry, renewable energy companies, energy storage entrepreneurs, heads of environmental organizations, efficiency experts and First Nations leaders.
Our mission is clear: to put forward a vision of how Canadians can turn on the lights, and if we make changes that allow us to achieve our emissions targets in Paris, to heat their homes, and work a generation from now on.
We don't agree with some things.
Canada is a big country with energy assets in very different regions and different priorities are on the table.
What is surprising is how much consensus there is.
There is consensus that we need to take more positive action on efficiency measures.
We call on governments to work together to implement more effective building codes quickly.
Transforming our homes and offices creates jobs.
Saving energy also means saving money for Canadians;
In Nova Scotia, the country's first efficient utility company saves citizens $0. 11 billion a year.
We agree that Canada uses clean electricity for our benefit.
We have more than the power grid by low power. carbon sources.
Activities to expand the use of our power grid will reduce emissions.
We can start by powering our transport fleet.
The company supplies more than 7,000 pounds.
On-duty transit buses driven by electric motors and battery propulsion in Canada and the United StatesS.
Headquartered in Winnipeg.
The Council agreed that renewable fuels needed to be a bigger challenge.
As a country, we are sitting on huge raw materials for agriculture, forestry and landfill sites that can produce organisms.
An economy that creates jobs and makes the economy more competitive.
Edmonton has started building the first commercial building in the world.
Scale facilities for converting domestic waste into biofuels and renewable chemicals.
The Council believes that opportunities are emerging and necessary for indigenous peoples to play a leadership role in energy strategies and energy development.
There are 31 indigenous people now.
Energy projects ownedor 50-
50 partnerships between renewable energy companies and First Nations
It is taking place throughout Canada.
On all issues, we agree that the government should create the conditions for entrepreneurs to build low
Carbon Solutions
There is a good example in this month's news. C. -
Carbon Engineering
A company backed by Bill Gates and Canadian oil sands tycoon Murray Edwards
Announced a technological breakthrough that can take carbon dioxide from the air and produce clean carbon dioxideburning fuel.
Regarding the success so far, the CEO of the company said: "If there is no carbon pricing, we will not do business.
"Guess what the company is looking for when it gets a technology license?
Clean fuel standards will provide incentives for the market to purchase these fuels.
It will be complicated to change our energy infrastructure.
The government will need to coordinate efforts to ensure that funding and fiscal incentives no longer support the status quo, but are used to attract capital and investment into energy solutions that improve the state of carbon emissions in Canada.
Our oil and gas industry needs to innovate quickly to remain competitive in the global market and to seek cheaper, less polluting supplies.
But without a serious energy transformation, the cost is not just that Canadians cannot compete in new markets.
That is why we have caused global failure to control the actual costs that are coming, such as repairing and replacing infrastructure that is increasingly threatened by more serious weather events and warmer temperatures.
Some 2011 people were displaced by 7,000 floods in Manitoba;
More than seven years later, 1,700 evacuees from several First Nations in Manitoba were still waiting to return home.
The total cost of preparing for floods, flood fighting, repairing infrastructure and paying for disasters is $1. 2 billion.
In the same year, Canada's environmental and economic countries Round Table published a report estimated that by 2050, the economic impact of climate change on our country was between $21 billion and $43 billion per year.
So let's not stagnate in the simplified, divisive narrative of climate change;
We can't afford it as a country.
Canadians need to renew their commitment to a civil and serious dialogue on the energy transition.
If we retreat or approach after political considerations-
Stock prices, or we quit as consumers.
Each of us, as citizens, needs more.
Let's try to get out of our corner and keep talking.
Our energy future is more than just a pipeline.
If we succeed.
Jane McDonald is the managing director of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.