De-risk and innovate: A primer on carbon contracts for difference
In December 2022, the federal government launched the Canada Growth Fund (CGF), a $15 billion arm’s length public fund designed to accelerate the deployment of innovative emission reduction technologies in Canada. The Public Sector Pension Investment Board, a federal Crown […]
Selina Lee-Andersen publishes article on advancing regulatory tools for climate-resilient buildings
Renew Canada, "Advancing regulatory tools for climate-resilient buildings"
Selina Lee-Andersen writes on the increasing emphasis on improving energy efficiency in buildings: In its Early Estimate of National Emissions released in September 2023, the Canadian Climate Institute found that emissions from the Canadian building sector increased from 84 mega […]
Selina Lee-Andersen publishes article on “Access Denied”
Selina Lee-Andersen publishes article on “Access Denied” and bringing safe and reliable water to Canada’s Indigenous communities in Water Canada magazine: IN JULY 2010, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 64/292, which recognizes that clean drinking water and sanitation […]
Environmental Law 2023 – Canada: Trends & Developments
Chambers Global Practice Guides, p. 2-11
Bryan Buttigieg, Adina Georgescu, Selina Lee-Andersen and Christie McLeod are contributors for the 2023 edition of Chambers Global Practice Guides: Environmental Law. Their chapter highlights trends and developments across Canada including challenges to federal jurisdiction, an updated climate change plan, […]
Hot topics in energy and energy transition: A ESG and carbon finance panel discussion Report
On November 22, 2023, Miller Thomson’s National ESG and Carbon Finance Group hosted a webinar discussing the latest legal trends and developments surrounding energy and energy transition in Canada. Hosted by Bruno Caron (Co-Chair, ESG and Carbon Finance and Partner, […]
Driving down Canada’s transportation emissions: Federal Clean Fuel Regulations now in force
Canada’s long-awaited Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) came into force on July 1, 2023. Efforts to develop a national clean fuel standard began in 2016, the objective of which is to incentivize the adoption […]
Quality is the name of the game: The quest for high-integrity carbon credits in a low-carbon world
Carbon offsetting finds its origins in the late 1980s in an agroforestry project in Guatemala. In the world’s first documented carbon offset project, Applied Energy Services (AES) was looking to mitigate the emissions of a 183 megawatt coal-fired power plant […]
Where business and nature intersect: TNFD releases final draft of Nature-Related Risk Management and Disclosure Framework
In December 2022, the Parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity (COP 15) met in Montréal to advance global action to address the ongoing loss of biodiversity. This meeting culminated in the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework (the Global […]
ESG at stake – Miller Thomson’s PDAC seminar
Mining companies have an opportunity to play a leading role on developing approaches to respond to the complex challenges of climate change, the loss of nature capital and other sustainability variables. Read our top 10 considerations for mining companies and […]
