Pan-Canadian Groups join EFF Initiative to Get Climate and Energy Policy Working Together
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On December 16, 2019, the Energy Future Forum (EFF), a new multi-year, multi-sector initiative to facilitate the innovative thinking needed to bridge the long-standing energy-environment divide, was officially launched at a meeting in Toronto. EFF's inaugural gathering, hosted by Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), included more than 30 participants from the federal and Alberta governments, energy companies, environmental groups, the finance industry, Indigenous groups, universities and research specialists.
Founding partners - RBC, Suncor Energy, Hydro-Québec and the Ivey Foundation - are determined to see this collaborative effort map out an ambitious set of policy solutions that are environmentally sound, economically beneficial and publicly acceptable. "The Energy Future Forum brings together a diverse group of thinkers, doers and policymakers in an unprecedented effort to find common cause in addressing Canada's climate and energy challenges," said Edward Greenspon, President and CEO of the Public Policy Forum, which is leading the process.
