Non-UBC Event

The Net-Zero Edge: Navigating the New Realities for Canadian Competitiveness

October 10, 2024, 6:00 am to 1:30 pm

Online

Join the Canadian Climate Institute, the Net-Zero Advisory Body, and thousands of attendees from across the country for their fourth national climate conference, featuring the following speakers:

  • Brian Deese, Former Director of the White House National Economic Council
  • Michael Sabia, President & CEO, Hydro Québec
  • Ivette Vera-Perez, CEO, Canadian Hydrogen Association
  • Hillary Thatcher, Managing Director, Investments: Indigenous and Northern Infrastructure, Canada Infrastructure Bank
  • Kwatuuma Cole Sayers, Executive Director, Clean Energy BC

Check their event webpage for forthcoming information about the event schedule.

Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) is established under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act with a mandate to engage Canadians and provide independent advice to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change with respect to achieving Canada’s target of net-zero emissions by 2050. NZAB members are appointed by the Governor in Council and bring together a diverse range of expertise. The NZAB provides independent advice to the Minister based on the best available scientific information and knowledge, including Indigenous Knowledge.

The Canadian Climate Institute is Canada’s leading climate change policy research organization. They produce rigorous analysis, economic modelling, and in-depth research on policy solutions to help Canada adapt to the effects of climate change, and compete and prosper in the global energy transition.

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  • Non-UBC Event

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.


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