Hot Topics in Climate Change: Ontario in the National and International Contexts

  • February 03, 2016

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DESCRIPTION

The discussion on climate change is heating up in Ontario. View this program for:

  • A comparison of Ontario's proposed cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions with that in other jurisdictions and lessons Ontario can learn from them
  • An understanding of the impacts of climate change regulations on Ontario businesses
  • Developing trends in climate change litigation, both in Ontario and other jurisdictions


Whether you are an environmental law practitioner or a lawyer who provides advice to Ontario corporations who may be impacted by climate change regulations, this is a program that should be on your radar.

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Jennifer Fairfax, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Natalie Mullins, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

TABLE OF CONTENTS

An Overview of Cap & Trade
Marie-Claude Bellemare, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Sarah Powell, Davies Ward Phillips and Vineberg LLP

Learning from Other Jurisdictions' Experience with Climate Change Regulation -
Overview of the Quebec Cap & Trade System Rules

Marie-Claude Bellemare, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Cap and Trade Program Design Options Report Back to Stakeholders (January 2016)
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

Climate Change Considerations Have Become Business Imperatives: Selected Discussion
of International Law, Policy and Market Drivers to Consider Climate Change

Laura Zizzo, Zizzo Strategy

Impact of Climate Change on Ontario Business
Laura Zizzo, Zizzo Strategy

Chapter 16 - Litigation, The Law of Climate Change in Canada, Dennis Mahony (Editor), Canada Law Book
John Terry, Torys LLP
Alex Smith, Torys LLP
Distributed by permission of Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business

Climate Change Litigation in Ontario: Hot Prospects and International Influences
Professor Stepan Wood, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

International Influences: Urgenda and its Implications
Professor Stepan Wood, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University