Carbon Management Canada (CMC) leads the country to find innovative, game-changing ways to reduce levels of carbon produced by the upstream fossil fuel industry.
CMC is federal Network of Centres of Excellence with close to 100 researchers at 22 Canadian universities. Our scientists work in fields that range from engineering to nanotechnology to geoscience to business to political science and communications. CMC connects this diverse group of researchers with industry and government partners, all of whom share a common aim – to rapidly find and implement technical, business and policy solutions to the problem of increasing carbon emissions.
Climate change is one of the most challenging global issues we face in the 21st century. There is consensus among the world’s scientists that humans are contributing to global climate change through our reliance on fossil fuels. But experts predict that world demand for energy from fossil fuels will continue to grow as countries seek to maintain and improve their standards of living.
Carbon emissions and the growing global concern about its effects present a unique opportunity for change, especially in the fossil fuel industry. It is possible to make a shift away from a ‘business as usual’ scenario toward a collaborative innovation model. Rapidly increasing global complexity demands robust, responsive innovation that can only develop in a highly collaborative context involving industry, scientists, policy makers, politicians and industry leaders in concert with an informed, supportive public.
Carbon Management Canada is the national body charged with harnessing the collective energy of this diverse group in order to push forward an ambitious agenda of change.