Securing Canada’s Future in a Climate Changing World

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On October 30th, 2008, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) commemorated its twentieth anniversary by holding a forum to discuss our country’s next climate-policy agenda. The forum, Securing Canada’s Future in a Climate Changing World, gave one hundred leading Canadians a rare chance to discuss how climate change would affect Canada’s environmental and economic future. Anticipating a renewed interest and commitment to climate change action in Canada and abroad, the Forum sought to consider what priorities and steps are needed to secure our future in three key areas—ecosystems, the energy-economy, and the Arctic—in the face of growing, expected climate change.

"What the Participants Said"

The NRTEE forum spanned the three round table sessions involving more than forty participants led by three moderators and the Forum Chair, Pierre Marc Johnson. Over one hundred people joined in the Forum during the day. Participants represented the full array of interests, perspectives, and leadership involved in climate change or environmental/economic issues, and public policy. They came from industry, the environmental community, government, academia, the media, and public policy think tanks. They came from every Canadian province and territory, as well as the US, the UK, Germany and Mexico. They were activists and advocates; experts and columnists; public servants and politicians; ambassadors and academics; CEOs and environmentalists. They shared an abiding interest in the issue of climate change and what it means for Canada’s economic and environmental security.