You’re invited to join a webinar co-hosted by Clean Energy Canada and the Pembina Institute exploring Canada’s fragmented energy transition and the role of Canadian provinces.
- Date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- Time: 11 am PT / 2 pm ET
- Platform: Zoom
Taking place ahead of July’s premiers’ meeting, this webinar will explore the latest research surrounding provincial climate action and the need for provinces to take more active leadership roles in the energy transition.
Clean Energy Canada’s new provincial scorecard report, Making the Grade, found that Canada is experiencing a heavily fragmented energy transition with consequences for household affordability and economic development. Similarly, Pembina Institute’s forthcoming report, All Together Now: A provincial scorecard on shared responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, rates the existence and efficacy of the climate plans and measures that are being pursued by Canada’s federal and provincial governments.
Provinces hold the wheel on big energy, investment, and infrastructure decisions, but are they taking the right steps to build more sustainable economies? In this webinar, Clean Energy Canada’s vice president of policy and strategy, Rachel Doran, the Pembina Institute’s senior analyst, Sarah McBain, and the University of Calgary’s Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon will reflect on why provinces are so important in Canada’s energy transition, perhaps now more than ever. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion among speakers, moderated by Clean Energy Canada’s Keri McNamara.
Join us at 11am PT/2pm ET on July 9 as some of Canada’s leading climate think tanks offer informed insight on provincial climate action.
Speakers
Sarah McBain, Senior Analyst, Pembina Institute
Sarah McBain is a senior analyst with the Pembina Institute’s transportation program and is based in Vancouver. Prior to joining Pembina, she was with the International Energy Agency in the energy technology policy division. Sarah has a master of resource and environmental management (planning) and a bachelor of sustainable business from Simon Fraser University. She also studied at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University in Sweden.
Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon is an associate professor in the department of earth, energy and environment and the school of public policy at the University of Calgary. She is a macro energy system researcher, and her work is focused on building better quantitative and qualitative understandings of large-scale, systems-level, and long-term elements of energy systems to enable decarbonization. Sara is also co-founder and co-host of Energy vs Climate, a webinar and podcast that explores the energy transition in Alberta, the country, and beyond. She is a member of the expert panel for clean growth with the Canadian Climate Institute and a member of the board of directors of the Pembina Institute.
Rachel Doran, Vice President of Policy and Strategy, Clean Energy Canada
As the vice president of policy and strategy, Rachel brings nearly 20 years of experience in policy, politics, and law to advance clean energy solutions for Canada’s sustainable economy. Prior to joining Clean Energy Canada, Rachel served as senior special advisor to the minister of environment and climate change, advisor to the prime minister, and chief of staff to ministers of justice and Indigenous services. She holds a law degree in civil and common law and a BA from McGill University.
Keri McNamara, Manager of Reports and Outreach, Clean Energy Canada
Keri is Clean Energy Canada’s manager of reports and outreach. Before starting at Clean Energy Canada, she worked in the U.K. as a freelance science communicator. Keri has a background in research, which includes a master’s degree in geology and a PhD in physical volcanology from the University of Bristol. Along with researching Ethiopian and Chilean volcanoes, Keri worked as a writer for several research organizations and magazines, often covering issues related to climate science.
