Greening the Economy Federal-Municipal Policy Alignment
1. Greening
the
Economy
Federal-‐Municipal
Policy
Alignment
David
Thompson
Director,
Sustainable
Communi8es
Sustainable
Prosperity
www.sustainableprosperity.ca
February
8,
2012
2. Report
Overview
• Green
Economy
• What
it
means
• Opportuni8es
• Municipal
Ac8on
• GE
Benefits
&
Advantages
• Federal
Policy
Alignment
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3. Meaning
of
GE
in
Canada:
Observed
NaConal
Goals
• Economic
growth
• Higher
employment
levels
• Public
debt
reduc8on
Green
• Climate
change
mi8ga8on
• Economy
Clean
water
&
air
• Reduced
waste
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4. Green
Economy
OpportuniCes
– Green
economy
is
growing
• Globally,
green
economy
worth
over
$4
trillion
– Canadian
sustainability
market
(green
tech
and
services)
• $2.3
billion
in
2010
• $3.7
billion
by
2014
– Canada
significant
opportunity
for
further
growth
• sustainability
ranking
24th
out
of
25
in
OECD
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5. MunicipaliCes
can
help
achieve
goals
Federal
green
economy
goals
Municipal
ac8ons
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6. Diverse,
EffecCve
Municipal
Policy
Tools
– Planning
– Zoning
– Development
control
– Establishment
of
protected
areas
– Adjus8ng
property
taxes,
user
fees
&
user
taxes
– Capital
cost
financing
assistance
– Procurement
policies
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7. Key
Municipal
GE
AcCon
Areas
– Sustainable
transporta8on
– Efficient
urban
land
use
– Energy
efficiency
of
buildings
– Renewable
energy
– Water
treatment
and
conserva8on
– Solid
waste
management
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8. GE
Benefits
&
Advantages
– Across
many
sectors
of
economy
– Na8on-‐wide,
not
isolated
regions
– In
rural
areas,
towns,
ci8es
of
all
sizes
– Bang-‐for-‐buck
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9. and services sectors, and production. As it turns out,
across regions, provinces and green economy sectors pro- REPORT FOLLOWS
the national economy. Invest- vide relatively high levels of THAT CONVENTION.
ments benefit not only those employment and GDP impact
who are directly employed, per dollar invested.
GE
Benefits
&
Advantages
but many others. Indeed,
FIGURE 6:
CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT MULTIPLIERS – SELECTED
SECTORS (DIRECT AND INDIRECT EMPLOYMENT)
Bang-‐for-‐Buck:
job-‐crea8on
of
different
investments
CONSTRUCTION
REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
TRANSIT AND GROUND PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
OTHER MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES
OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION
DIRECT
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR MINING, OIL & GAS EXTRACTION
INDIRECT
PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING
0 5 10 15 20 25
PERSON-YEARS EMPLOYMENT PER $MILLION INVESTED
Source: Statistics Canada, “National Input-Output Multipliers”71
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Building a Green Economy for Canada: The Role of Municipalities /
10. Federal
Policy
Alignment
• Untapped
municipal
poten8al
for
achieving
GE
benefits
• Municipali8es
oden
swimming
against
bigger
policy
8de
• Could
achieve
more
with
federal
policies
aligned
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11. Federal
Policy
Alignment
Can
Leverage
Municipal
AcCon
– Predictable
long-‐term
infra.
funding,
emphasizing:
• Sustainable
transporta8on
• Climate
change
adapta8on
– Energy
efficiency
building
retrofits
– Subsidy
reform
– Knowledge
and
capacity
building
– Na8onal
user
fee
policy
– Harmonize
carbon
prices
(implicit
and
explicit)
– Extended
producer
responsibility
framework
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12. Policy
Alignment?
Sprawl
and
Sustainable
TransportaCon
Federal
GE
goals:
climate
change
mi8ga8on,
cleaner
air
Municipal
ac8ons:
Development
charge
&
property
tax
adjustments
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13. Policy
Misalignment
Sprawl
and
Sustainable
TransportaCon
Federal
GE
goals:
climate
change
mi8ga8on,
cleaner
air
Subsidies,
Externalized
costs
(smog,
GHGs…)
Municipal
ac8ons:
Development
charge
&
property
tax
adjustments
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14. Policy
Alignment:
Sprawl
and
Sustainable
TransportaCon
Federal
GE
goals:
climate
change
mi8ga8on,
cleaner
air
Reformed
subsidies,
costs
internalized
(user
fees,
c-‐price…)
Municipal
ac8ons:
Development
charge
&
property
tax
adjustments
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15. David
Thompson
Director,
Sustainable
Communi8es
Sustainable
Prosperity
dthompson@sustainableprosperity.ca
www.sustainableprosperity.ca
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