Canada’s electricity system decarbonization pathways: a multi-model and multi-jurisdiction approach

Meeting Canada’s commitment to the Paris Agreement will require a fundamental shift in our energy system: increased generation from renewable sources, electrification of the transport and building sectors, and planning harmonization across jurisdictional scales. A new United Nations climate science report estimates that the world will invest an average of $3 trillion dollars per year over the next three years to transform the energy system and limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times (IPCC, 2018). In Canada, the federal Government plans to invest over $180 billion between 2016 and 2028 in infrastructure, much of which is intended to improve resilience and transition to a clean economy (Government of Canada, 2017). In this project, we will develop the first suite of comprehensive and credible pathways for achieving pan-Canadian Paris commitments. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Madeleine McPherson

Student:

Partner:

David Suzuki Foundation (BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

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