Stephanie Rose Cortinovis began her Master of Environmental Studies in Sustainability Management with an interest in climate policy and the low-carbon transition. She joined her supervisor, Dr. Neil Craik, as a member of the Waterloo Climate Intervention Strategies Lab (WatCISL). WatCISL was in the early stages of a Government of Canada Climate Action and Awareness Fund (CAAF) project focused on scaling up DACCS in Canada under conditions of deep uncertainty.
Cortinovis identified the structures and policies needed to create an ideal environment to support DACCS development and implementation. Using Canada as a case study, Cortinovis then analyzed national climate policies to determine where they met or fell short of this ideal scenario. This national-level policy analysis was the first to be undertaken for scaling DACCS and identified both strengths and weaknesses for nations to consider.
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