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Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood is a researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, where he focuses on federal and provincial climate change policy in Canada.
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Don’t wait for the state
Don’t Wait for the State: A blueprint for grassroots climate transitions in Canada offers a framework for communities to organize around the idea of an inclusive…
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Don’t wait for the state: A blueprint for grassroots climate transitions in Canada
The climate transition is urgent—and it’s increasingly clear that governments aren’t acting fast enough. How can communities, workers, and movements directly implement a transition? Download…
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Don’t wait for the state
The climate transition is urgent—and it’s increasingly clear that governments aren’t acting fast enough. How can communities, workers, and movements directly implement a transition?
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Seven things Canada could do with an ambitious federal budget in 2023
We’re not expecting many bells and whistles in this federal budget. It doesn’t need to be that way.
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How green are the green jobs in Budget 2023?
Shift Storm newsletter—March 2023 edition
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Climate inequality defines the present; don’t let it define the future
The people who are least responsible for climate change will feel its effects the hardest. It’s time for policy-makers to address that injustice.
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Is “sustainable jobs” the new just transition?
Shift Storm newsletter—February 2023 edition
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Introducing the Shift Storm newsletter
A Q&A with CCPA climate researcher Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
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Does Canada’s Sustainable Jobs Plan deliver on the promise of a just transition?
The interim Sustainable Jobs Plan is a solid framework for advancing a workforce development agenda, but there are important sticking points.
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Spending What It Takes: Transformational climate investments for long-term prosperity in Canada
The world is confronted with a slew of accelerating and converging crises, from climate change and biodiversity loss to energy insecurity, unaffordable living and rising…
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Spending What it Takes
Transformational climate investments for long-term prosperity in Canada Download 1.08 MB34 pages The world is confronted with a slew of accelerating and converging crises, from…
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What is a just transition, and why does it matter?
Alberta is trying to provoke a showdown with the feds over just transition legislation. What does that mean, anyway?
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