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Jessica Dempsey
Jessica Dempsey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia and a collaborator with the Corporate Mapping Project.
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For climate’s sake, Canada Pension Plan needs to take a serious look at its investments
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) manages the pensions of 20 million Canadians. In a recent Corporate Mapping Project report, we found that the CPP has…
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An Insecure Future
Canada’s biggest public pensions are still banking on fossil fuels Download 2.68 MB36 pages Two of Canada’s biggest public pension plans could lead the way…
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CPP oil investments on the rise
From unprecedented droughts to deadly heat waves, climate change is making the present—and all of our futures—less secure. The dream of a tranquil retirement is…
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Who benefits from caribou decline?
Scientists predict caribou herds located in northeastern BC will go extinct within our lifetimes. How could this be? We were led to believe that environmental…
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Who Benefits from Caribou Decline
Download 2.02 MB48 pages This report looks at the promised economic benefits of coal mining projects in northeastern British Columbia and concludes that the jobs, tax…
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Canada Pension Plan fuels climate crisis
“Financial experts say millennials will have to save an entire planet to retire,” says the satirical Beaverton. This is funny because it’s true. Less humorously,…
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Canada Pension Plan Fuels Climate Change Crisis
“Financial experts say millennials will have to save an entire planet to retire,” says the satirical Beaverton.
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Fossil Futures
The Canada Pension Plan’s Failure to Respect the 1.5-Degree Celsius Limit Download 4.71 MB32 pages The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) manages one of…
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Canada’s Fossil-Fuelled Pensions
The Case of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation Download 1.57 MB32 pages The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), formerly known as bcIMC, is a…
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BC Public Pensions Fuel Climate Change Crisis
If you have a public pension in BC, your retirement savings are likely fuelling the climate change crisis. The pensions of over half a million…
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