Navius publishes consulting reports, white papers and peer-reviewed journal articles on a variety of energy, climate change and economic modeling topics.
Featured Research
Simulating Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan
April 2022
The Canadian Climate Institute has conducted an independent assessment of the emissions projections contained in Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. We have also reviewed the main elements of the 2030 Plan against our Emissions Reduction Plan assessment framework published in March 2022. We conclude that the 2030 Plan is credible and sets Canada on a path to reaching its 2026 emission-reduction targets on the way to 2030 and 2050. The Plan includes more transparency on the modelling and analysis used to develop the projections than we’ve seen before, develops sector-by-sector emissions projections that could form the basis of sectoral road maps to aid with implementation, and provides insight on how the plan is to be executed.
Other Research
2022
2021
Informing a strategy for reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in British Columbia
The role of carbon capture and storage in Canada’s net zero future
Canada’s clean energy economy to 2030
Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations explanation and insights
Towards Canada’s fair share: New modeling and analysis on achieving a stronger climate target
Assessing the impacts of the Conservative Plan to Combat Climate Change
2020
2019
Meeting Canada’s climate mitigation commitments under the Paris Agreement
Quantifying Canada’s clean energy economy
California and Québec’s ZEV mandates description
Reversing carbon leakage in the Canadian aluminum sector
Supporting the development of CleanBC
Saskatchewan’s carbon tax numbers are in and the answer is … reporting errors
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Review of British Columbia’s RLCFRR energy effectiveness ratios
Refining margins and fuel policy in British Columbia
Analysis of the proposed Canadian Clean Fuel Standard
Electrification best practices in Canada
A review of ECCC’s method for estimating upstream GHGs
Refining margins in British Columbia
Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the Energy East pipeline project
The Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirement Regulation
How do industrial GHG reduction efforts affect demand for skilled labour?
Is British Columbia’s carbon tax good for household income?
How resilient are the Canadian oil sands to carbon constraints?
Featured Journal Article
Taxes, tolls and ZEV zones for climate: Synthesizing insights on effectiveness, efficiency, equity, acceptability and implementation
Axsen, J. & M. Wolinetz
2021
This study, published in the September 2021 issue of Energy Policy journal, explores the potential role of road pricing in achieving deep greenhouse gas mitigation targets, including cordon zones, fuel taxes, VKT fees, and ZEV zones.