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Mark Jaccard

Mark Jaccard is a professor of sustainable energy at Simon Fraser University in B.C.  He has helped many governments with climate-energy policy. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and his earlier book, Sustainable Fossil Fuels won the Donner Prize. His book, The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths That Hinder Progress has been nominated for the 2020 Donner Prize, the best public policy book in Canada. 

Canada’s unnecessary carbon tax detour

  • The climate threat is too important to allow any discipline to mislead us. Carbon taxes are not essential. We need to reduce GHG emissions
Opinion | BY MARK JACCARD | March 10, 2025
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. Canada can achieve zero GHG emissions with regulations alone, and not all regulations are as costly as economists may claim, writes Mark Jaccard. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Canada’s unnecessary carbon tax detour

Opinion | BY MARK JACCARD | March 10, 2025
  • The climate threat is too important to allow any discipline to mislead us. Carbon taxes are not essential. We need to reduce GHG emissions

Canada’s unnecessary carbon tax detour

Opinion | BY MARK JACCARD | March 10, 2025
  • The climate threat is too important to allow any discipline to mislead us. Carbon taxes are not essential. We need to reduce GHG emissions
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. Canada can achieve zero GHG emissions with regulations alone, and not all regulations are as costly as economists may claim, writes Mark Jaccard. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Jaccard offers up solid advice on what citizens can do to fight climate change

  • This leaves one last task on the simple path to climate success. We must be able to detect and elect climate-sincere politicians, and then
FeatureBY MARK JACCARD | May 10, 2021
Author Mark Jaccard: 'Fortunately, we can eliminate GHG emissions without destroying our economy or completely transforming our behaviour and economic system. We just need to stop the open burning of coal, oil products, and natural gas. But for that to happen, we need more climate-concerned citizens to see this simple truth—and that is why I wrote this book.' Photograph courtesy of Cambridge University Press

Jaccard offers up solid advice on what citizens can do to fight climate change

FeatureBY MARK JACCARD | May 10, 2021
  • This leaves one last task on the simple path to climate success. We must be able to detect and elect climate-sincere politicians, and then

Jaccard offers up solid advice on what citizens can do to fight climate change

FeatureBY MARK JACCARD | May 10, 2021
  • This leaves one last task on the simple path to climate success. We must be able to detect and elect climate-sincere politicians, and then
Author Mark Jaccard: 'Fortunately, we can eliminate GHG emissions without destroying our economy or completely transforming our behaviour and economic system. We just need to stop the open burning of coal, oil products, and natural gas. But for that to happen, we need more climate-concerned citizens to see this simple truth—and that is why I wrote this book.' Photograph courtesy of Cambridge University Press
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