Mark WinfieldMark Winfield

York UniversityYork University

June 2012June 2012

The Green Economy The Green Economy and Its Implications and Its Implications

for Ontario’s for Ontario’s Conservation Conservation AuthoritiesAuthorities

What do we mean by the What do we mean by the ‘Green’ Economy? ‘Green’ Economy?

Phase 1 – Pollution Phase 1 – Pollution Control/Waste Control/Waste Management Management Technologies and Technologies and Services Services – ““End of pipe” End of pipe”

technologies technologies – Environmental Environmental

Protection as Protection as facilitative adjunct to facilitative adjunct to economic growth and economic growth and development development

What do we mean by the What do we mean by the ‘Green’ Economy? ‘Green’ Economy?

Phase 2 – Pollution Phase 2 – Pollution PreventionPrevention– Protecting the Protecting the

environment and environment and enhancing enhancing competitiveness by competitiveness by improving the improving the energy, materials energy, materials and water efficiency and water efficiency of economic of economic activities activities

What do we mean by the What do we mean by the ‘Green’ Economy ‘Green’ Economy

Phase 2 – Pollution Phase 2 – Pollution Prevention Prevention – Recognition of Recognition of

environmental environmental services and services and technologies as technologies as distinct sectordistinct sector

– First generation First generation “green” industry “green” industry strategies for strategies for sectoral sectoral development development

What do we mean by the What do we mean by the ‘Green’ Economy ‘Green’ Economy

Phase 3 – Green Phase 3 – Green Industry as the Industry as the EconomyEconomy– Continued focus on Continued focus on

Phase 2 PPhase 2 P2,2, EE, WE EE, WE themesthemes

– Design, development, Design, development, manufacturing, manufacturing, installation and installation and servicing of ‘Green’ servicing of ‘Green’ technologies as basis technologies as basis for industrial economy for industrial economy

The Green Economy The Green Economy

““We can seize boundless We can seize boundless opportunities for our people. We opportunities for our people. We can create millions of jobs, can create millions of jobs, starting with a 21st Century starting with a 21st Century Economic Recovery Plan that puts Economic Recovery Plan that puts Americans to work building wind Americans to work building wind farms, solar panels, and fuel-farms, solar panels, and fuel-efficient cars. We can spark the efficient cars. We can spark the dynamism of our economy dynamism of our economy through long term investments in through long term investments in renewable energy that will give renewable energy that will give life to new businesses and life to new businesses and industries, with good jobs that pay industries, with good jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced. We well and can’t be outsourced. We will make public buildings more will make public buildings more efficient, modernize our electric efficient, modernize our electric grid, reduce greenhouse gas grid, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and protect and emissions, and protect and preserve our natural resources”preserve our natural resources” Barrack Obama Barrack Obama

December 15, 2009 December 15, 2009

Ontario Green Energy ActOntario Green Energy Act

33rdrd Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution

Integration of Integration of distributed, distributed, renewable renewable energy energy production with production with communications, communications, computing and computing and energy storage energy storage technologiestechnologies

Wavering Canadian Senior Wavering Canadian Senior Government Commitments while Government Commitments while other Jurisdictions Move Ahead other Jurisdictions Move Ahead

Federal and Ontario Budgets 2012Federal and Ontario Budgets 2012

Lead passing to local governments Lead passing to local governments and agencies and agencies

Implications for Ontario Implications for Ontario Conservation Authorities Conservation Authorities

Management of own operations and Management of own operations and buildingsbuildings

Roles in management of own land Roles in management of own land and resource baseand resource base

Influence on land-use planning Influence on land-use planning process and ‘green’ infrastructure process and ‘green’ infrastructure

Implications for Ontario Implications for Ontario Conservation Authorities Conservation Authorities

Demonstration Demonstration Education Education Training Training Research Research