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Governing through electric vehicle uncertainty
By Nathan Lemphers The global trend of electrifying passenger transportation is accelerating and holds the potential to disrupt the status-quo and create new winners and losers. How can cities prepare for this transformation? By differentiating between sectoral and service regimes, this study assesses the present state of passenger transportation in three Canadian cities—Calgary, Toronto, and Montréal—and examines how electric vehicles may impact the city’s passenger mobility system in 2040.
How the COVID-19 pandemic affected mobility in Toronto and Vancouver
October 8, 2021 By Junia Compostella and Nathan Lemphers COVID-19 has upended many aspects of our lives—including how we get around. This post shares new data on the impact that the pandemic has had on urban mobility in two major Canadian cities and links this with insights on the transportation policies needed to build back better. In particular, we explore how the pandemic reshaped commuting patterns and vehicle preference.
Coalitions among Canadian stakeholders are essential to avoid EV dystopia
Sustainable transportation hinges on EV adoption, but it also requires that there is fewer cars, more transit, safer streets and sound planning. Ultimately, the wide array of benefits means there are many potential allies for EV advocates to work with in turning heads and motivating elected officials The road to more sustainable transportation appears less convoluted these days. Established automakers and politicians of all stripes now imagine a world where most vehicles are electric.
Accelerating electric vehicle growth through equity-minded policies
Making EVs accessible to drivers in all income brackets is key for a successful transition to zero-emission mobility, but it will only happen with wider adoption of proven best-practices, explains Nathan Lemphers If you peer inside an electric car these days, who will you find behind the wheel? Odds are it will be what many academic studies have found: a wealthy, middle-aged, urban, university-educated white man.
A critical requirement for Alberta's energy transition: storytellers
As the oil-producing province recasts a vision for the future where transportation is electrified, Nathan Lemphers highlights the need for new, widely understood regional narratives across the country that coalitions can use to advocate for stronger electric vehicle policy Last June, the CEO of Canada’s largest fossil fuel company, Suncor’s Mark Little, turned many heads in Alberta.
The stories that bind us: electromobility transition storylines in
By Nathan Lemphers Electrification is a crucial step in decarbonizing the transportation sector. As global momentum builds for electromobility, regional adoption of this new form of propulsion and implementation of supportive public policies remains highly varied, even within a single country. In part, this variation is a function of how powerful incumbent regional industries have engaged this potentially disruptive technology.
The Stories that Bind Us: Advancing Electromobility in Canada
November 18, 2020 By Nathan Lemphers The stories we tell ourselves matter. They script the villains and heroes. They (re-) interpret the past and envision the future. They inspire hope, despair, and ambivalence. They empower some, while ignoring or denigrating others. Beyond the content of the story, storytellers also matter. Do these raconteurs have power or are they marginalized? This orientation to power strongly impacts who will share these stories and absorb their lessons.
It’s Well Past Time to Modernize Alberta’s Clean Up Rules for Oil and Gas
July 24, 2020 By Nathan Lemphers and Martin Olszynski Make no mistake, Albertans are facing dire economic times. Oil and gas prices have plummeted, drilling activity has cratered, and private and public sector balance sheets are bleeding red ink.
Canada’s recovery needs experimentalist governance and flexible regulations
July 7, 2020 By Nathan Lemphers and David Wolfe This post is part of Smart Prosperity Institute’s Smart Stimulus Project and supports the work of the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery. Want to receive our latest analysis and insights? Sign up for our monthly updates here. COVID-19 is not the only gale battering Canada these days. Digitization and decarbonization are two other headwinds currently buffeting the country. This perfect storm has created a triple challenge for the economy.
Look Before You Leap: Three Governance Challenges for Taxpayer-Funded Cleanup of Oil and Gas Wells
These are challenging times for the oil and gas industry. While volatility is no stranger to the sector, the bust of 2020 may signal the beginning of a new era, especially for high-cost producers. Global oil prices have plunged in response to a glut of supply and a historic drop in demand, driven by fears over COVID-19. At the same time, investors and consumers are increasingly pressuring governments and companies to move toward net-zero emissions by 2050.
Four reasons why cheap gas prices will not stall the electric vehicle market
March 17, 2020 By Nathan Lemphers For the millions of Canadians who drive a gasoline or diesel-powered vehicle, the recent drop in gasoline price is likely welcome news. Over the past week, gasoline prices have been falling significantly across the country. Some areas have seen the price at the pump tumble by ten cents per litre of gasoline.
Canada, we need to talk: three takeaways on Teck’s Frontier Mine decision
When it comes to climate and energy policy in Canada, blame is selling like hotcakes and outrage is contagious. Last week was no different. Teck Resources announced that they were pulling the plug on their proposed Frontier oil sands mine and taking a hefty $1.13 billion write down in the company’s value. This unexpected twist in the ongoing saga of Canada’s climate policy came just days before the federal Cabinet was to decide the fate of the project.
IEA dogged by criticism at UN climate talks
UN Secretary General António Guterres gave a press conference in Madrid on Dec. 1, 2019, the eve of the opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP 25). (Photo: Cristina Quicler/AFP via Getty Images) The marathon UN climate talks (COP 25) in Madrid have just wrapped up with little progress made towards the dramatic increase in ambition needed to meet the Paris Agreement emission reduction goals.
Pressure Mounts for IEA to Improve the World Energy Outlook
In case you missed it, yesterday the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its hallmark report, World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2019. This highly-influential energy modelling report has long been used to inform energy policy, investment and infrastructure decisions around the world. We were hoping this report would provide a credible and robust pathway to realizing global climate goals of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C).
Canada to Trudeau: We expect more on climate
Yesterday, millions of Canadians headed to the polls and knocked the Liberals’ majority government down to minority status. This was a clear signal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his party that voters expect more and better action from a Liberal government to confront the climate crisis. Trudeau celebrates his victory with his supporters at the Palais des Congres in Montreal on Oct. 21, 2019. Photo credit: Sebastien Sy-Jean/AFP/Getty Images.
IEA ‘New Policy Scenario’ Promotes ‘Business As Usual’ In A Carbon-Constrained World
When it comes to making decisions on expensive and complex energy infrastructure, investors, governments, and companies look decades into the future. They want to know about the need, the risks, and the returns of new fossil fuel extraction, power generation, or energy transmission projects. One place these economic and political actors look to for insights is the International Energy Agency (IEA), the world’s most authoritative source of energy analysis.
Designing an Alberta-made caribou survival plan
This past October, Alberta missed an important federal deadline to protect wildlife — a deadline many Albertans may not have even heard of. It was set five years ago when Alberta, and every province with herds of caribou listed as threatened under the federal Species At Risk Act, was required to lay out a plan to protect critical habitat and set the species on a path to recovery. Alberta has 15 ranges of both boreal and southern mountain caribou listed as threatened.
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