Supervisory Committee Dr. James Lawson Supervisor Dr. A. Claire Cutler Departmental Member Climat... more Supervisory Committee Dr. James Lawson Supervisor Dr. A. Claire Cutler Departmental Member Climate change represents a challenging problem in public policy. This project examines various policy solutions to rising emissions, and suggests one that might be best suited to Canada, a highlyintegrated, highly-developed economy which relies on natural resources, including fossil fuels, for its balance of payments, governmental revenues, and a small portion of its GDP. It adopts a public policy framework from Simpson, Rivers and Jaccard (2008) to analyze policy solutions using the following criteria: political acceptability, economic efficiency, administrative feasibility and effectiveness at reducing emissions. Additionally, it offers substantial discussion relating to the potential constraints and opportunities to climate change policy presented by NAFTA, compliance with which is key to the viability of any emissions regime. It advocates an upstream cap-and-trade system, integrated with ...
This paper examines carbon offsetting regimes in British Columbia and abroad, and makes recommend... more This paper examines carbon offsetting regimes in British Columbia and abroad, and makes recommendations relating to improving BC's offsetting system. This backgrounder was written for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and is the basis of another discussion paper, currently under revision.
This is my MA thesis in its entirety.
Climate change represents a challenging problem in publ... more This is my MA thesis in its entirety.
Climate change represents a challenging problem in public policy. This project examines various
policy solutions to rising emissions, and suggests one that might be best suited to Canada, a highly integrated,
highly-developed economy which relies on natural resources, including fossil fuels, for its balance of payments, governmental revenues, and a small portion of its GDP. It adopts a public policy framework from Simpson, Rivers and Jaccard (2008) to analyze policy solutions using the following
criteria: political acceptability, economic efficiency, administrative feasibility and effectiveness at
reducing emissions. Additionally, it offers substantial discussion relating to the potential constraints
and opportunities to climate change policy presented by NAFTA, compliance with which is key to the
viability of any emissions regime. It advocates an upstream cap-and-trade system, integrated within the NAFTA area and regulated by an empowered Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), as well as complementary policies to lower emissions in inelastic sectors.
Supervisory Committee Dr. James Lawson Supervisor Dr. A. Claire Cutler Departmental Member Climat... more Supervisory Committee Dr. James Lawson Supervisor Dr. A. Claire Cutler Departmental Member Climate change represents a challenging problem in public policy. This project examines various policy solutions to rising emissions, and suggests one that might be best suited to Canada, a highlyintegrated, highly-developed economy which relies on natural resources, including fossil fuels, for its balance of payments, governmental revenues, and a small portion of its GDP. It adopts a public policy framework from Simpson, Rivers and Jaccard (2008) to analyze policy solutions using the following criteria: political acceptability, economic efficiency, administrative feasibility and effectiveness at reducing emissions. Additionally, it offers substantial discussion relating to the potential constraints and opportunities to climate change policy presented by NAFTA, compliance with which is key to the viability of any emissions regime. It advocates an upstream cap-and-trade system, integrated with ...
This paper examines carbon offsetting regimes in British Columbia and abroad, and makes recommend... more This paper examines carbon offsetting regimes in British Columbia and abroad, and makes recommendations relating to improving BC's offsetting system. This backgrounder was written for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and is the basis of another discussion paper, currently under revision.
This is my MA thesis in its entirety.
Climate change represents a challenging problem in publ... more This is my MA thesis in its entirety.
Climate change represents a challenging problem in public policy. This project examines various
policy solutions to rising emissions, and suggests one that might be best suited to Canada, a highly integrated,
highly-developed economy which relies on natural resources, including fossil fuels, for its balance of payments, governmental revenues, and a small portion of its GDP. It adopts a public policy framework from Simpson, Rivers and Jaccard (2008) to analyze policy solutions using the following
criteria: political acceptability, economic efficiency, administrative feasibility and effectiveness at
reducing emissions. Additionally, it offers substantial discussion relating to the potential constraints
and opportunities to climate change policy presented by NAFTA, compliance with which is key to the
viability of any emissions regime. It advocates an upstream cap-and-trade system, integrated within the NAFTA area and regulated by an empowered Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), as well as complementary policies to lower emissions in inelastic sectors.
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Climate change represents a challenging problem in public policy. This project examines various
policy solutions to rising emissions, and suggests one that might be best suited to Canada, a highly integrated,
highly-developed economy which relies on natural resources, including fossil fuels, for its balance of payments, governmental revenues, and a small portion of its GDP. It adopts a public policy framework from Simpson, Rivers and Jaccard (2008) to analyze policy solutions using the following
criteria: political acceptability, economic efficiency, administrative feasibility and effectiveness at
reducing emissions. Additionally, it offers substantial discussion relating to the potential constraints
and opportunities to climate change policy presented by NAFTA, compliance with which is key to the
viability of any emissions regime. It advocates an upstream cap-and-trade system, integrated within the NAFTA area and regulated by an empowered Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), as well as complementary policies to lower emissions in inelastic sectors.
Climate change represents a challenging problem in public policy. This project examines various
policy solutions to rising emissions, and suggests one that might be best suited to Canada, a highly integrated,
highly-developed economy which relies on natural resources, including fossil fuels, for its balance of payments, governmental revenues, and a small portion of its GDP. It adopts a public policy framework from Simpson, Rivers and Jaccard (2008) to analyze policy solutions using the following
criteria: political acceptability, economic efficiency, administrative feasibility and effectiveness at
reducing emissions. Additionally, it offers substantial discussion relating to the potential constraints
and opportunities to climate change policy presented by NAFTA, compliance with which is key to the
viability of any emissions regime. It advocates an upstream cap-and-trade system, integrated within the NAFTA area and regulated by an empowered Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), as well as complementary policies to lower emissions in inelastic sectors.