Mark Jaccard

Topics

Presentations

Hot Air:  Canada’s Climate Change Challenge

Energy regulation

Sustainable Energy

Peak Oil

Climate Change and Energy Policy

Fossils and Sustainable Energy

Renewable Power

Summary Profile

Mark Jaccard, owner and president of MKJA, is an internationally respected authority on climate change. He has been a professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University since 1986, where he is responsible for the Energy and Materials Research Group (EMRG) and the Canadian Industrial Energy End-use Data and Analysis Centre (CIEEDAC).

From 1992 - 1997 Mark acted as Chair and CEO of the BC Utilities Commission, and in 2006, was appointed to the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. Internationally, Mark is known for his work on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (currently co-chair of a task force for sustainable coal use), and the Global Energy Assessment (convening lead author for sustainable energy policy).

Mark is a frequent media contributor and has over 90 academic publications. His 2002 book, The Cost of Climate Policy, won the Policy Research Institute award for best policy book in Canada and his 2005 book, Sustainable Fossil Fuels, won the Donner prize for best policy book in Canada. His latest book, Hot Air, co-authored with Jefferey Simpson and Nic Rivers, was published in 2007 by McClelland and Stewart. Mark has been honoured with the SFU President's Award for Media, the SFU Outstanding Alumni Award and was named the BC Academic of the Year by the Confederation of University Faculty Associations.

Mark holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Department of Economics/Institute of Energy Economics and Policy at the University of Grenoble, and a Master of Resource Management and Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University.

Client Testimonials:

"Mark Jaccard skillfully makes the case that those who leave modifying the way we use fossil fuels out of any plan to achieve "sustainability" in our energy systems surely confuse means with ends. If our objectives are to improve energy security and protect the environment at reasonable cost, he makes clear that, with a little bit of ingenuity and resolve, our extensive fossil fuel resources could well be our best friend rather than our worst enemy."

Professor, Stanford University

Jaccard is... "the voice of the economist tempered by extensive practical experience in the field and an evident concern for the future of our environment."

Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology