Canada

New oil projects are a “risky bet” for Canada, analysis finds

Press release / Many not-yet-producing oil fields do not appear financially viable given future price outlooks, while most existing oil sands projects are more resilient.

The importance of stakeholders in scoping risk assessments – lessons from low-carbon transitions

Journal article / What are the risks associated with decarbonisation pathways? This article identifies and describes risk in 12 countries.

Three sides to every story: Gender perspectives in energy transition pathways in Canada, Kenya and Spain

Journal article / This paper explores pathways for underrepresented women and niche spaces for low-carbon technologies.

Distributional impacts of mining transitions: learning from the past

SEI working paper / This paper examines the gender- and age-related impacts of past mine closures, in order to inform current and future energy transitions.

Impact assessment and indigenous self-determination: a scalar framework of participation options

Journal article / What options are there for Indigenous Peoples to take part in impact assessments? This paper offers a scalar framework of options.

Three ways to navigate the risks along low-carbon transition pathways

Media coverage / Risks lurk along the whole pathway of low-carbon transitions. But, given the climate urgency, there is no time to wait, writes Stefan Bößner in EURACTIV.

Confronting carbon lock-in: Canada’s oil sands

SEI brief / Current and future oil sands projects may contribute to a long-term global oversupply of oil, slowing the necessary low-carbon transition outside Canada.

Continued Canadian oil sands production could frustrate global climate goals

Feature / The continued expansion of Canada’s oil sands could slow the world’s transition to a low-carbon future, according to a new SEI report.

Poison and profit: mining on traditional lands

Perspective / In the underground depths of northern Canada lies a monster. That’s how one local describes the 237,000 tons of arsenic left from an abandoned mining project.