Change Ahead: A Case for Independent Expert Analysis and Advice in Support of Climate Policy Making in Canada

CESAR Scenarios: Volume 3, Issue 1
February, 2018
By David Layzell, Nicole Belanger, Jessica Lof, Kyle McElheran, Madhav Narendran, Song Sit, Bastiaan Straatman

This report, by Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research (CESAR) and Polytechnique Montréal was initiated by the Ivey Foundation and makes the case for a new initiative to provide independent expert analysis, advanced modelling tools and expert advice in support of climate policy-making in Canada.

About the Authors

David Layzell, PhD

Transition Pathway Principal

David B. Layzell is an Energy Systems Architect with the Transition Accelerator, a Faculty Professor at the University of Calgary, and Director of the Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research CESAR Initiative. Between 2008 and 2012, he was Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE), a cross-faculty, graduate research, and training institute at the University of Calgary. Before moving to Calgary, he was a Professor of Biology at Queen’s University cross appointments in Environmental Studies and the School of Public Policy), and Executive Director of BIOCAP Canada, a research foundation focused on biological solutions to climate change. While at Queen’s he cofounded a scientific instrumentation company called Qubit Systems Inc and was elected ‘Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) for his research contributions.

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Cite as: Layzell DB and Beaumier L. 2018. Change Ahead: A Case for Independent Expert Analysis and Advice in Support of Climate Policy Making in Canada. CESAR Scenarios Vol. 3, Issue 1: 1-45.