EARTH INDEX 1/5: The Green Power Wave

A green grid to enable carbon-free energy within the next decade is within our grasp. It will require smart policies and financial structures to build out the requisite clean power generation, transmission capacity, and crucially, storage. This session considers the current state of affairs including the carbon intensity of the grid, progress made in the past year, and what is required in terms of strengthened policies, capital mobilization, and infrastructure roll-out (storage, generation, and transmission) to put us on track to a resilient carbon-free grid by 2030—as per the Corporate Knights Build Back Better Model Scenario.

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Moderator:
Toby Heaps
CEO, Corporate Knights

Welcome Remarks:
The Hon. Steven Guilbeault
Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Contributors:
Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin
CEO, WaterPower Canada

Ehren Cory
CEO, Canada Infrastructure Bank

Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Executive Director, David Suzuki Foundation

Matt Jamieson
CEO, Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation

Phil Spring
Executive Partner and Vice President Energy and Sustainability, IBM Consulting - Europe

Ralph Torrie
Director of Research, Corporate Knights