The Paris to Projects Research Initiative

49 Pages Posted: 23 Feb 2018

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Robert B. Gibson

University of Waterloo - School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability

Karine Peloffy

Quebec Center for Environmental Law

Meinhard Doelle

Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law; Dalhousie University - Marine and Environmental Law Institute; World Maritime University (WMU)

Date Written: February 6, 2018

Abstract

This working paper explores the key components and provisions that need to be incorporated into impact assessment legislation to ensure that assessed undertakings help meet Canadian climate change mitigation commitments and duties.

This discussion paper includes a summary that serves as a basic briefing note on the core climate components that should be included in the new federal legislation. It also includes a box presenting the tests for determining an undertaking's contributions to meeting Canada's international climate change mitigation commitments, and a more detailed discussion of implications for the new law.

Keywords: impact assessment, climate change, environmental assessment, sustainability assessment

Suggested Citation

Gibson, Robert B. and Peloffy, Karine and Doelle, Meinhard, The Paris to Projects Research Initiative (February 6, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3122646 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3122646

Robert B. Gibson

University of Waterloo - School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability ( email )

200 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada

Karine Peloffy

Quebec Center for Environmental Law ( email )

454 Laurier East Avenue
Montreal, Quebec H2J 1E7
Canada

Meinhard Doelle (Contact Author)

Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law ( email )

6061 University Avenue
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Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H9
Canada

Dalhousie University - Marine and Environmental Law Institute ( email )

6061 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H9
Canada

World Maritime University (WMU) ( email )

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P. O. Box 500
Malmö, Skane 20124
Sweden

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