Rick Smith
@rjcsmith.bsky.social
President, Canadian Climate Institute/ président de l'Institut climatique du Canada
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The latest @iea.org report shows the transition away from fossil fuels is coming, whether Donald Trump likes it or not. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
Read more from @gmbutts.bsky.social, @rjcsmith.bsky.social and Peter Nicholson.
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Read more from @gmbutts.bsky.social, @rjcsmith.bsky.social and Peter Nicholson.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
ICYMI: new from @gmbutts.bsky.social, Peter Nicholson, and myself: "Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs."
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The @iea.org report shows the world is moving away from fossil fuels as clean energy continues to skyrocket. Canada should take note and move away from Trump’s fossil fuel obsession. Read more from @gmbutts.bsky.social, Peter Nicholson & @rjcsmith.bsky.social
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In a global shift to renewables, Canada can't follow Trump's fossil fuel obsession
Renewable power will expand to deliver more than half of the electricity generated worldwide in the next decade, up from about one ...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The @iea.org report shows the world is moving away from fossil fuels as clean energy continues to skyrocket. Canada should take note and move away from Trump’s fossil fuel obsession. Read more from @gmbutts.bsky.social, Peter Nicholson & @rjcsmith.bsky.social
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Canada’s Clean Electricity Regulations are a surefire way to ensure a clean power grid. Without them, Canada risks losing a competitive edge that will bolster the economy, not to mention erasing years of progress. Read more from expert @sachigibson.bsky.social ➡️
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Clean Electricity Regulations bolster certainty for big investments in Canada’s grids
The federal government of Canada reaffirmed the place of its Clean Electricity Regulations within its Climate Competitiveness Strategy.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Canada’s Clean Electricity Regulations are a surefire way to ensure a clean power grid. Without them, Canada risks losing a competitive edge that will bolster the economy, not to mention erasing years of progress. Read more from expert @sachigibson.bsky.social ➡️
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“Historians will look back on US raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Historians will look back on US raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
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Good climate change policy is a benefit to the economy. Hear more from @rjcsmith.bsky.social and @juliedabrusin.bsky.social at #COP30 🔽
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Good climate change policy is a benefit to the economy. Hear more from @rjcsmith.bsky.social and @juliedabrusin.bsky.social at #COP30 🔽
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Des bonnes politiques sur les changements climatiques sont un bénéfice pour l’économie. Écoutez-en plus dans cette discussion entre @rjcsmith.bsky.social et @juliedabrusin.bsky.social à la #COP30 🔽
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Des bonnes politiques sur les changements climatiques sont un bénéfice pour l’économie. Écoutez-en plus dans cette discussion entre @rjcsmith.bsky.social et @juliedabrusin.bsky.social à la #COP30 🔽
ICYMI: new from @gmbutts.bsky.social, Peter Nicholson, and myself: "Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs."
The latest @iea.org report shows the transition away from fossil fuels is coming, whether Donald Trump likes it or not. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
Read more from @gmbutts.bsky.social, @rjcsmith.bsky.social and Peter Nicholson.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Read more from @gmbutts.bsky.social, @rjcsmith.bsky.social and Peter Nicholson.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ICYMI: new from @gmbutts.bsky.social, Peter Nicholson, and myself: "Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs."
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"Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs." Couldn't agree more with colleagues @gmbutts.bsky.social @rjcsmith.bsky.social and Peter Nicholson on the only sustainable way forward for Canada www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs." Couldn't agree more with colleagues @gmbutts.bsky.social @rjcsmith.bsky.social and Peter Nicholson on the only sustainable way forward for Canada www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“But China …”
66% of all solar and 69%(!) of all wind installed globally this year, will be installed in China🤯🇨🇳
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“But China …”
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It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)
Important new research from @climateinstitute.bsky.social
Here’s one simple way governments can fix Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems: create a “price corridor” for carbon markets.
Read the latest from the Institute’s @dalebeugin.bsky.social, Dave Sawyer and Prof. Nicholas Rivers
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Read the latest from the Institute’s @dalebeugin.bsky.social, Dave Sawyer and Prof. Nicholas Rivers
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/fix-...
One simple fix for Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems
A rising minimum price for industrial carbon credits would strengthen Canada’s climate competitiveness.
policyoptions.irpp.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Important new research from @climateinstitute.bsky.social
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The climate competitiveness strategy is an important moment for action to reduce Canada’s emissions. Now the government needs to quickly implement it and flesh out the details it promises. Read more from @rjcsmith.bsky.social 🔽
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Canada needs fast action on its new climate competitiveness strategy
The new climate competitiveness strategy is an important moment for action to both reduce emissions in the country and ...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The climate competitiveness strategy is an important moment for action to reduce Canada’s emissions. Now the government needs to quickly implement it and flesh out the details it promises. Read more from @rjcsmith.bsky.social 🔽
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La stratégie de compétitivité climatique arrive à un moment décisif pour réduire les émissions du pays. Le gouvernement doit maintenant la mettre en œuvre et l’étoffer des détails promis. Lisez-en plus dans ce post de blogue de @rjcsmith.bsky.social 🔽
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Le Canada doit rapidement mettre en œuvre sa nouvelle stratégie de compétitivité climatique
Un des engagements pris dans la stratégie de compétitivité climatique est de corriger le prix de référence de la tarification du ...
institutclimatique.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
La stratégie de compétitivité climatique arrive à un moment décisif pour réduire les émissions du pays. Le gouvernement doit maintenant la mettre en œuvre et l’étoffer des détails promis. Lisez-en plus dans ce post de blogue de @rjcsmith.bsky.social 🔽
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Important benchmarking of Canadian emission reduction progress just in time for COP30
How do Canada’s emissions reductions compare to its peers in the G7 and other major trading partners?
We took a closer look at the data 📉
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We took a closer look at the data 📉
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Important benchmarking of Canadian emission reduction progress just in time for COP30
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La stratégie de compétitivité climatique du Canada est un pas en avant utile. Le gouvernement doit maintenant la mettre en place rapidement et préciser les détails promis.
LIsez la dernière publication du président de l'Institut climatique @rjcsmith.bsky.social
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LIsez la dernière publication du président de l'Institut climatique @rjcsmith.bsky.social
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Canada needs fast action on its new climate competitiveness strategy
OPINION | It's not perfect, but Prime Minister Mark Carney's new climate strategy is a useful step forward
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November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
La stratégie de compétitivité climatique du Canada est un pas en avant utile. Le gouvernement doit maintenant la mettre en place rapidement et préciser les détails promis.
LIsez la dernière publication du président de l'Institut climatique @rjcsmith.bsky.social
corporateknights.com/perspectives...
LIsez la dernière publication du président de l'Institut climatique @rjcsmith.bsky.social
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Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy is a useful step forward—now the government needs to quickly implement it and flesh out the details it promises.
Read the latest from Climate Institute president @rjcsmith.bsky.social
corporateknights.com/perspectives...
Read the latest from Climate Institute president @rjcsmith.bsky.social
corporateknights.com/perspectives...
Canada needs fast action on its new climate competitiveness strategy
OPINION | It's not perfect, but Prime Minister Mark Carney's new climate strategy is a useful step forward
corporateknights.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy is a useful step forward—now the government needs to quickly implement it and flesh out the details it promises.
Read the latest from Climate Institute president @rjcsmith.bsky.social
corporateknights.com/perspectives...
Read the latest from Climate Institute president @rjcsmith.bsky.social
corporateknights.com/perspectives...
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
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Strong European leadership on display in advance of the UN’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil. ⬇️
The EU has reached an agreement to slash emissions 90% by 2040 from 1990 levels. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
The EU has reached an agreement to slash emissions 90% by 2040 from 1990 levels. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission welcomes strengthened EU climate ambition ahead of COP30
The Commission welcomes the agreement reached by Member States on an ambitious new EU Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement
ec.europa.eu
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Strong European leadership on display in advance of the UN’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil. ⬇️
The EU has reached an agreement to slash emissions 90% by 2040 from 1990 levels. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
The EU has reached an agreement to slash emissions 90% by 2040 from 1990 levels. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Today’s federal budget takes clear steps to strengthen Canada’s climate competitiveness, but success will depend on swift implementation and more details to create policy certainty and attract investment.
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/budget-...
Read our full statement ⬇️
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Budget 2025 takes clear steps to strengthen Canada's climate competitiveness
Success will hinge on swift implementation and more concrete details to create policy certainty and attract investment.
climateinstitute.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Today’s federal budget takes clear steps to strengthen Canada’s climate competitiveness, but success will depend on swift implementation and more details to create policy certainty and attract investment.
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/budget-...
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/budget-...
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With the federal government set to deliver its budget this week, here’s what we’ll be looking for in its climate competitiveness strategy 🔽
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What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy
The federal government is set to deliver its budget next week. It is expected to include a climate competitiveness strategy that ...
climateinstitute.ca
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
With the federal government set to deliver its budget this week, here’s what we’ll be looking for in its climate competitiveness strategy 🔽
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climateinstitute.ca/what-to-look...
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What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy, @rjcsmith.bsky.social writes nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/31/w... #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch
What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy, @rjcsmith.bsky.social writes nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/31/w... #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch
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This new reconstruction of global whale biomass shows that countries can successfully tackle environmental problems when they come together
But it's a story with an under-recognised hero
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But it's a story with an under-recognised hero
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October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This new reconstruction of global whale biomass shows that countries can successfully tackle environmental problems when they come together
But it's a story with an under-recognised hero
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But it's a story with an under-recognised hero
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Climate change has made hot ocean temperatures feeding Hurricane Melissa 500-700 times more likely and strengthened top wind speed by about 16 km/h—that’s helped make Melissa one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Caribbean.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Melissa could be the strongest hurricane to ever hit Jamaica. A heating ocean is fuelling it | CBC News
Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest ever recorded in the Caribbean, is set to hit Jamaica early on Tuesday after undergoing “rapid intensification” — a climate-charged phenomenon that’s increasing...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Climate change has made hot ocean temperatures feeding Hurricane Melissa 500-700 times more likely and strengthened top wind speed by about 16 km/h—that’s helped make Melissa one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Caribbean.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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“La décarbonisation est en voie de devenir le principal moteur du progrès économique à l’échelle mondiale. Cela a d’importantes répercussions pour le Canada et la stratégie de concurrentialité climatique à venir.” dit @rjcsmith.bsky.social. En lire plus 🔽
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Le Canada a besoin de politiques climatiques fortes pour être concurrentiel dans les pays autres que les États-Unis.
La stratégie de concurrentialité climatique devrait inclure un certain nombre de politiques pouvant être mises en œuvre immédiatement afin de catalyser la croissance à faible intensité de carbone.
institutclimatique.ca
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“La décarbonisation est en voie de devenir le principal moteur du progrès économique à l’échelle mondiale. Cela a d’importantes répercussions pour le Canada et la stratégie de concurrentialité climatique à venir.” dit @rjcsmith.bsky.social. En lire plus 🔽
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“Decarbonization is fast becoming the key driver of economic progress globally. That has important implications for Canada and the forthcoming climate competitiveness strategy,” says @rjcsmith.bsky.social in this blog. Read more 🔽
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Canada needs strong climate policy to be competitive in countries beyond the U.S.
the federal government will release its much anticipated climate competitiveness strategy. It will be a pivotal moment for climate and ...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Decarbonization is fast becoming the key driver of economic progress globally. That has important implications for Canada and the forthcoming climate competitiveness strategy,” says @rjcsmith.bsky.social in this blog. Read more 🔽
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Dig 10 feet underground, anywhere on Earth, and the ground temperature will be a balmy 50 to 60° Fahrenheit (10-15° C). When you tap that ambient heat and hook it up to a heat pump, it becomes the world’s most efficient form of heating and cooling.
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Dig 10 feet underground, anywhere on Earth, and the ground temperature will be a balmy 50 to 60° Fahrenheit (10-15° C). When you tap that ambient heat and hook it up to a heat pump, it becomes the world’s most efficient form of heating and cooling.