ERIA Seminar | The road from Paris goes through Calgary

Climate change is a hot topic on a provincial, national and global scale. On November 23, 2015, the province of Alberta unveiled the Climate Leadership Plan which was the result of an extensive review of provincial climate policy that set into motion key developments that will affect businesses, municipalities and individuals in Alberta.

Additionally, on December 12, 2015 the countries that produce more than 90 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, including Canada, adopted the Paris Agreement, the world’s first universal climate agreement, to provide a framework for international cooperation on new global climate goals.

Please join Linda Coady and Ted Ferguson for a deep dive conversation into how these recent events connect and to explore the question: If this changes everything, then who has the plan and what should it include from an Alberta perspective?

This latest Enbridge Research in Action seminar will provide perspective in regards to:
• The implications of Alberta’s new Climate Leadership Plan.
• The implications of the Paris Agreement on Alberta.
• What the future of the province could look like balancing new global and provincial climate policy frameworks.

About the speakers:

Linda Coady is Chief Sustainability Officer for Enbridge, a leading North American energy delivery and infrastructure company. Prior to joining Enbridge in 2013, Linda was Vice President of Sustainability for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, a former Vice President of World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada), and a former Vice President of Weyerhaeuser Canada. In 2015, Linda was a member of the Climate Advisory Panel to the Government of Alberta.

Ted Ferguson is Senior Vice President of The Delphi Group, providing strategic advice and guidance on sustainability and carbon issues and oversees Delphi’s benchmarking services. Delphi, a certified BCorp, works in partnership across sectors with over 30 of Canada’s top 100 companies on sustainability. Ted has over 20 years of experience working with leading-edge companies, government initiatives and non-government organizations. Prior to Delphi, Ted worked for BC Hydro, at Foreign Affairs Canada and for the David Suzuki Foundation.