Low-carbon economy

From renewable energy to sustainable transportation, smart grids and corporate sustainability, our researchers' areas of expertise investigate how we can transition to a low-carbon economy.

Get to know their areas of expertise.

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Advancing two Sustainable Development Goals

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sdg 9

Our researchers

Jennifer Lynes

School of Environment, Enterprise and Development

Ian Rowlands

School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability

  • Sustainable energy management and strategy

  • Ontario electricity policy
  • Smart grids
  • Renewable electricity in Canada and the U.S.
  • Global environmental governance; corporate sustainability

Juan Moreno-Cruz

School of Environment, Enterprise and Development

  • Spatial energy economic analysis

  • Economic development and energy transitions
  • Climate change economics
  • Geoengineering technologies and policies

Jeffrey Wilson

School of Environment, Enterprise and Development

  • Corporate sustainability
  • Ecosystem goods and services valuation
  • Well-being research and policy
  • Low carbon transitions (cities)
  • Supply chain resiliency to climate change

Tingting Wu

School of Environment, Enterprise and Development

  • Environmental economics 
  • Sustainable finance 
  • Corporate social responsibility and environmental social governance

Jessie Ma

School of Environment, Enterprise and Development

Zachary Folger-Laronde

School of Environment, Enterprise and Development

  • Sustainability accounting and disclosure 
  • Accounting for sustainability 
  • Sustainable finance
  • Sustainable banking