Mark Jaccard
"Most governments have been unwilling to implement strong climate policies, although they talk a good line about ambitious targets and faking-it policies."
Mark Jaccard is an environmental economist whose unconventional research on climate policy and energy strategies has earned him both criticism and great acclaim. For almost two decades, Jaccard has maintained we will not reduce greenhouse gas emission unless our climate policies are dominated by strong emissions pricing and regulations.
Jaccard has agued that our energy options should not be portrayed as a choice between good and evil-between fossil fuels and renewable energy. All of Jaccard's positions have been controversial and unpopular with key interests at various times, including politicians, industry, some leading environmental groups and certain media. As a result, Jaccard has frequently been the object of attacks, sometimes of a very personal nature.
- Mark Jaccard's Acceptance Lecture
- Links
- Jaccard wins Sterling Prize, SFU News
- Jaccard to receive controversy prize, SFU Media Release
- Mark Jaccard stirs climate change controversy, The Globe and Mail
- Mark Jaccard Talks Climate Change, Vancouver Magazine
- A win for creating a stir, New Westminster News Leader
- Mark Jaccard on Green Energy, Ecotrust Canada
- Mark Jaccard's Faculty Bio
- Mark Jaccard, Wikipedia
Winners of the Prize
- 2011 Bruce Lanphear, Faculty of Health Sciences
- 2010 Mark Jaccard, School of Resource and Environmental Management
- 2009 Michael Worobey, Biology
- 2008 Heribert Adam, Sociology
- 2007 Bruce Alexander, Psychology
- 2006 Roy Miki, English
- 2005 Kim Rossmo, Criminology
- 2004 Herb Grubel, Economics
- 2003 Zamir Punja, Biology
- 2002 Charles Crawford, Psychology
- 2001 Gary Mauser, Business Administration
- 2000 Doreen Kimura, Psychology
- 1999 Ezzat Fattah, Criminology
- 1998 Mark Winston, Biology
- 1997 John Lowman, Criminology
- 1995 Russel Ogden, MA student, Criminology
- 1994 Parzival Copes, Economics