To improve decision-making, sustainability-based approaches to assessment of options and undertakings demand that we move beyond narrowly defined considerations to address the full suite of requirements for progress towards sustainability. This paper reports on a sustainability assessment...

To assist the Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project, its staff and the parties to the review in preparing for and carrying out an environmental assessment review that applies a sustainability framework, this report discusses the nature and use of sustainability-based assessment...

This working paper explores the key components and provisions that need to be incorporated into impact assessment legislation to ensure that assessed undertakings help meet Canadian climate change mitigation commitments and duties. This discussion paper includes a summary that serves as a basic...