To support the Net-Zero Advisory Body’s (NZAB) mandate and objectives, 16 projects are being funded under the Environmental Damages Fund’s Climate Action and Awareness Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada. A Call for Proposals was launched in spring 2022 with research themes identified by the NZAB using their targeted lines of inquiry.
Thefunding, which amounts close to $10 million, is being allocated to projects that align with one or more of the following research themes:
Defining the future systems required for net-zero;
Obstacles on the pathways to net-zero;
Distributional impacts of the pathways to net-zero on workers, and their families and communities;
Motivating net-zero action.
This investment will help catalyze climate change research and analysis by Canadian think tanks, academic institutions, and other research groups across Canada by addressing sectoral knowledge gaps and crosscutting net-zero themes. These projects aim to identify, accelerate, and evaluate mitigation actions that can help Canada achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The following 16 projects will be funded:
Organization
Project Title
University of Calgary
Canadian Climate Policy Partnership: Monitoring and progress tracking
University of British Columbia
Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Barriers and solutions to effective policies and actions
Polytechnique de Montréal
Societal Opportunities and risks of metals mining for achieving net-zero by 2050 in Canada
University of Waterloo
Quantifying the benefits and risks of using hydrogen for sectoral integration in Canadian municipalities towards net-zero emissions
The Boltzmann Institute
Two pathways to achieving zero emissions from buildings
Carleton University
Aligning energy efficiency policy with net-zero emissions
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
Regulatory Solutions: Analysis and recommendations to accelerate the electrification of buildings, transport and gas production
Governors of the University of Alberta
Building a net-zero transition pathway for Canada’s heavy-duty (Class 8) trucks that accounts for provincial differences and addresses key obstacles
Electric Mobility Canada
Powering Up: A national and sub-national outlook on electric vehicle adoption, barriers, and impacts to the grid
Simon Fraser University
On the Road to Net-Zero: Accelerating the adoption of zero emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles in Canada
Net Zero Atlantic
Determining critical behavioural interventions for enabling an effective transition to net-zero emissions in Atlantic Canada
Québec Net Positif
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in transition
Student Energy
Research to address youth green skills gaps for Canada’s net-zero economy
QUEST - Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow
Motivating net-zero action in small communities across Canada
Polytechnique Montréal
Contributions of biomass in achieving net-zero
Institut du Québec
Development of net-zero economic indicators
To support the Net-Zero Advisory Body’s (NZAB) mandate and objectives, 16 projects are being funded under the Environmental Damages Fund’s Climate Action and Awareness Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada. A Call for Proposals was launched in spring 2022 with research themes identified by the NZAB using their targeted lines of inquiry.
Thefunding, which amounts close to $10 million, is being allocated to projects that align with one or more of the following research themes:
Defining the future systems required for net-zero;
Obstacles on the pathways to net-zero;
Distributional impacts of the pathways to net-zero on workers, and their families and communities;
Motivating net-zero action.
This investment will help catalyze climate change research and analysis by Canadian think tanks, academic institutions, and other research groups across Canada by addressing sectoral knowledge gaps and crosscutting net-zero themes. These projects aim to identify, accelerate, and evaluate mitigation actions that can help Canada achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The following 16 projects will be funded:
Organization
Project Title
University of Calgary
Canadian Climate Policy Partnership: Monitoring and progress tracking
University of British Columbia
Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Barriers and solutions to effective policies and actions
Polytechnique de Montréal
Societal Opportunities and risks of metals mining for achieving net-zero by 2050 in Canada
University of Waterloo
Quantifying the benefits and risks of using hydrogen for sectoral integration in Canadian municipalities towards net-zero emissions
The Boltzmann Institute
Two pathways to achieving zero emissions from buildings
Carleton University
Aligning energy efficiency policy with net-zero emissions
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
Regulatory Solutions: Analysis and recommendations to accelerate the electrification of buildings, transport and gas production
Governors of the University of Alberta
Building a net-zero transition pathway for Canada’s heavy-duty (Class 8) trucks that accounts for provincial differences and addresses key obstacles
Electric Mobility Canada
Powering Up: A national and sub-national outlook on electric vehicle adoption, barriers, and impacts to the grid
Simon Fraser University
On the Road to Net-Zero: Accelerating the adoption of zero emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles in Canada
Net Zero Atlantic
Determining critical behavioural interventions for enabling an effective transition to net-zero emissions in Atlantic Canada
Québec Net Positif
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in transition
Student Energy
Research to address youth green skills gaps for Canada’s net-zero economy
QUEST - Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow
Motivating net-zero action in small communities across Canada