Brendan Frank
About Brendan Frank
Brendan Frank is a senior research associate with Positive Energy and the Institute for Science, Society and Policy at the University of Ottawa.
On Canada’s precarious climate politics
It should come as no surprise that politics have played an outsized role in polarizing key energy and climate issues.
Canada’s Just Transition Task Force can offer lessons for a green recovery
Positive Energy’s survey research has shown that when opinions on climate and energy issues are polarized, it is most often along partisan lines. Fostering nonpartisan conversations can enhance perceptions of legitimacy.
Bottom line: pollution pricing works
It’s one part of Canada’s strategy to deal with climate change, so let’s take a look at where carbon pricing has already had success.