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Jatin Nathwani

Jatin Nathwani is the founding executive director of the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, and he holds the Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy at the University of Waterloo.

Grey-green infrastructure as an explicit strategy for climate risk mitigation

  • The negative impacts of our actions on the natural environment through resource extraction (oil, gas, mining) or massive infrastructure projects (dams, pipelines, transmission corridors,
Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | June 4, 2021
The Boeri Studio building is a vertical forest, designed by Stefano Boeri, Gaianandrea Barreca, and Giovanni La Varra, and located in Milan, Italy. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Grey-green infrastructure as an explicit strategy for climate risk mitigation

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | June 4, 2021
  • The negative impacts of our actions on the natural environment through resource extraction (oil, gas, mining) or massive infrastructure projects (dams, pipelines, transmission corridors,

Grey-green infrastructure as an explicit strategy for climate risk mitigation

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | June 4, 2021
  • The negative impacts of our actions on the natural environment through resource extraction (oil, gas, mining) or massive infrastructure projects (dams, pipelines, transmission corridors,
The Boeri Studio building is a vertical forest, designed by Stefano Boeri, Gaianandrea Barreca, and Giovanni La Varra, and located in Milan, Italy. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

A smarter say to healing the environment

  • This much we know well: Canada, like most countries, is dependent on fossil fuels for most of its energy. Fossil fuels in turn are
Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | June 8, 2020
An interconnected world, enabled by smart sensors, devices and data is one healing option for a sustainable environment. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

A smarter say to healing the environment

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | June 8, 2020
  • This much we know well: Canada, like most countries, is dependent on fossil fuels for most of its energy. Fossil fuels in turn are

A smarter say to healing the environment

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | June 8, 2020
  • This much we know well: Canada, like most countries, is dependent on fossil fuels for most of its energy. Fossil fuels in turn are
An interconnected world, enabled by smart sensors, devices and data is one healing option for a sustainable environment. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

COVID-19 crisis offers hope for a clean energy transition

  • WATERLOO, ONT.—Although the final pages on the unfolding human tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic have yet to be written, the ‘tsunami-scale’ of economic disruption
Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | April 20, 2020
In the tragedy of COVID-19, there is a sliver of hope that we could effect a clean energy transition for the long term. Possibility exists now to turn this hiatus of trust and co-operation into a unique opportunity to redefine the role of fossil fuels and its contributions to our national economic output. The time has come for Canadians to demand that our leaders take the climate threat as seriously as the virus and use the existing fiscal capacity to engage public and private capital to finance a low carbon energy economy. This requires fresh thinking and bold actions. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

COVID-19 crisis offers hope for a clean energy transition

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | April 20, 2020
  • WATERLOO, ONT.—Although the final pages on the unfolding human tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic have yet to be written, the ‘tsunami-scale’ of economic disruption

COVID-19 crisis offers hope for a clean energy transition

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | April 20, 2020
  • WATERLOO, ONT.—Although the final pages on the unfolding human tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic have yet to be written, the ‘tsunami-scale’ of economic disruption
In the tragedy of COVID-19, there is a sliver of hope that we could effect a clean energy transition for the long term. Possibility exists now to turn this hiatus of trust and co-operation into a unique opportunity to redefine the role of fossil fuels and its contributions to our national economic output. The time has come for Canadians to demand that our leaders take the climate threat as seriously as the virus and use the existing fiscal capacity to engage public and private capital to finance a low carbon energy economy. This requires fresh thinking and bold actions. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Bailout for the oil and gas sector? Time for Alberta to pivot to the future

  • This is a historic opportunity for the oil and gas sector to transition to a low carbon energy economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has arrived
Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | March 30, 2020
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Government of Canada is in the midst of preparing a multi-billion-dollar bailout of the oil and gas industry. Herein lies a historic opportunity for Canada’s oil and gas sector to craft a new future that aligns with Canada’s aspiration to lower greenhouse gas emissions and yet ensure transformation of the sector that is orderly, supportive of workers and the social needs of communities dependent on the sector, writes Jatin Nathwani. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Bailout for the oil and gas sector? Time for Alberta to pivot to the future

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | March 30, 2020
  • This is a historic opportunity for the oil and gas sector to transition to a low carbon energy economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has arrived

Bailout for the oil and gas sector? Time for Alberta to pivot to the future

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | March 30, 2020
  • This is a historic opportunity for the oil and gas sector to transition to a low carbon energy economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has arrived
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Government of Canada is in the midst of preparing a multi-billion-dollar bailout of the oil and gas industry. Herein lies a historic opportunity for Canada’s oil and gas sector to craft a new future that aligns with Canada’s aspiration to lower greenhouse gas emissions and yet ensure transformation of the sector that is orderly, supportive of workers and the social needs of communities dependent on the sector, writes Jatin Nathwani. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Resolving the oilsands conundrum

  • An answer to the conundrum of oil sands development lies right beneath the feet. By turning the innovative capacity of Alberta’s oil and gas
Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | March 11, 2020
Jatin Nathwani asks: Is it not also about time for the reigning politicians to come to the realization that development of new of oil sands projects is a fool’s errand? Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Resolving the oilsands conundrum

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | March 11, 2020
  • An answer to the conundrum of oil sands development lies right beneath the feet. By turning the innovative capacity of Alberta’s oil and gas

Resolving the oilsands conundrum

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | March 11, 2020
  • An answer to the conundrum of oil sands development lies right beneath the feet. By turning the innovative capacity of Alberta’s oil and gas
Jatin Nathwani asks: Is it not also about time for the reigning politicians to come to the realization that development of new of oil sands projects is a fool’s errand? Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Canada’s energy narrative needs an urgent reboot

  • WATERLOO, ONT.—The positive contribution to Canada’s economic well-being by the fossil fuels resource sector—oil, coal, gas—is well-recognized, a matter of record and fully accepted
Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | December 2, 2019
Recall history. Oil was discovered in Ontario in 1865. Today, oil extraction in Ontario is no longer of any economic significance and, yet, Ontario continues to thrive. There is no reason to assume that a different economic future for Alberta or Saskatchewan is not possible. The Hill Times photograhh by Andrew Meade

Canada’s energy narrative needs an urgent reboot

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | December 2, 2019
  • WATERLOO, ONT.—The positive contribution to Canada’s economic well-being by the fossil fuels resource sector—oil, coal, gas—is well-recognized, a matter of record and fully accepted

Canada’s energy narrative needs an urgent reboot

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | December 2, 2019
  • WATERLOO, ONT.—The positive contribution to Canada’s economic well-being by the fossil fuels resource sector—oil, coal, gas—is well-recognized, a matter of record and fully accepted
Recall history. Oil was discovered in Ontario in 1865. Today, oil extraction in Ontario is no longer of any economic significance and, yet, Ontario continues to thrive. There is no reason to assume that a different economic future for Alberta or Saskatchewan is not possible. The Hill Times photograhh by Andrew Meade

Raise the GST as part of pragmatic plan for climate action

  • The rejection of the Trans Mountain pipeline approval by the courts and the angry response by Alberta to withdraw from Canada’s climate plan has
Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | October 29, 2018
The key requirement for success is our collective acceptance that we have an obligation to fix the global climate problem, and that to achieve this a small levy on current consumption will be necessary, writes Jatin Nathwani. The Hill Times file photograph

Raise the GST as part of pragmatic plan for climate action

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | October 29, 2018
  • The rejection of the Trans Mountain pipeline approval by the courts and the angry response by Alberta to withdraw from Canada’s climate plan has

Raise the GST as part of pragmatic plan for climate action

Opinion | BY JATIN NATHWANI | October 29, 2018
  • The rejection of the Trans Mountain pipeline approval by the courts and the angry response by Alberta to withdraw from Canada’s climate plan has
The key requirement for success is our collective acceptance that we have an obligation to fix the global climate problem, and that to achieve this a small levy on current consumption will be necessary, writes Jatin Nathwani. The Hill Times file photograph
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