Continuous and large-scale investment is needed to fund the transition to a low-carbon economy. Given the current fiscal economic climate and the sheer scale of capital required, governments alone do not have the capacity to fund this transition. Instead, as estimated by the UNFCCC, more than 80...

Contributors analyse a number of dimensions of the Canadian experience in implementing sustainable development and critically assess how the country has done over this twenty year period. They discuss both the breakthroughs and disappointments of the Canadian experience, and look toward the...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 New Century Ideas and Sustainable Production -- Part 1: Sustainable Production and Its Context -- 2 From Eco-efficiency to Eco-effectiveness: Private Sector Practices for Sustainable Production -- 3 Policy Instruments and Sustainable...

Contributors analyse a number of dimensions of the Canadian experience in implementing sustainable development and critically assess how the country has done over this twenty year period. They discuss both the breakthroughs and disappointments of the Canadian experience, and look toward the...