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Vancouver Economy Report Fall 2021

Leading and learning in the climate emergency

Vancouver Economy Report October 2021 theme is Climate Emergency and the Just Transition

The cover of the Vancouver Economy Report October 2021 edition with screen shots of two of the inside pages

Published: October 20, 2021

In this Issue

  • Economic Snapshot shows Vancouver’s economy at a glance and exclusive new VEC green jobs data
  • Industry Profile: VFX and Animation and Cleantech have served Vancouver and the provincial economy as crucial and high-potential economic pillars
  • Emerging Sectors to Watch: Carbon Markets gets centre stage this issue
  • Traditional Economics: Inflation breaks down a very top-of-mind economic concept
  • 21st Century Economics: Just Transition is a quick primer on a concept central to equitable and inclusive development

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Did you know that Vancouver employment is higher now than it was before the pandemic?

VEC senior manager of research James Raymond shares exclusive new green jobs data. Watch the video or download the report to see how Vancouver fared in its goal to double the number of green jobs by 2020.

Vancouver Economy Report Fall 2021

As COP26 looms large, will we be judged by future generations for our actions or for our conversations?

“No matter how well-informed you are, you are surely not alarmed enough,” writes David Wallace-Wells, in his iconic 2017 article “The Uninhabitable Earth.” He was referring to the paralyzing scale, implacability and, in some ways, the abstractness of the climate emergency illustrated through the acronyms and models of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections.

Nearly five years on from the Paris Agreement, the global community ticks along without the unity or cohesion necessary for impactful climate action. At this stage, there may be no targeted emissions reduction program that would forestall disaster – we are unprepared for the systemic change required to tackle the problem. Furthermore, climate grief and choice paralysis are genuine phenomena that underpin the challenge before us all, and in many cases, hinder our ability to collectively visualize the future we want.

For instance, do we want a future that prioritizes greater social reciprocity, where people willingly gift – rather than transact – items, time, services, and care? Does that future centre Indigenous ways of knowing? Does it run on economic models designed for humanity to thrive – on a just social foundation, and within the boundaries of our planetary systems? Does it move away from a reliance on continual economic growth?

For years, Vancouver has been part of a global cities’ movement for progressive, sustainable economic development, and we have both led and learned from other international leaders. This report contains a few of the many promising concepts being explored for a climate-just future.

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