Innovation for net zero: governance and policy innovation as important as technological advances

Pouring more money into programs that are not anchored in a clear strategic vision will not get us where we need to go.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 6, 2021, on the Hill. Canada needs to embrace a more sophisticated and strategic understanding of green industrial policy with a focus on the finite number of transition pathways that will get us to net zero the fastest, while building our economy and creating jobs.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY JAMES MEADOWCROFT AND BRUCE LOURIE

May 10, 2021

After decades of muddling along, it finally appears that Canada is putting in place the conditions to make headway on the climate file. The federal government is advancing legislation to formalize its net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions goal and establish a Net Ze...

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