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How can the health sector support Canada's net-zero ambition?
As the Honourable Steven Guilbeault has clarified, if Canada is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, we will need "all-hands-on-deck." Fiona A. Miller, Professor & Director at the Centre for Sustainable Health Systems, University of Toronto in Canada, explores Canada's net-zero ambition, looking in particular at the role of the health sector in decarbonisation. However, achieving Canada's net-zero ambition of neutral greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is a complex and challenging goal that requires a whole-of-society approach. The initiative calls for all companies operating in Canada to voluntarily commit to developing and implementing a plan to achieve Canada's net-zero ambition, supported by clear technical standards and public reporting requirements. So far, the 2030 emissions reduction plan aims at "clean air and good jobs, a healthy environment and a strong economy." The problem lies in the significant gap in the Federal Government's plans: the health sector's direct contribution to the net-zero transition. Healthcare is a highly resource-intensive and polluting industry, estimated at 5.2% of global emissions and increasing. Moreover, Canada's health sector is estimated to be the second most carbon-intensive in the world after that of the U.S. There is clearly work to do, Professor Miller evaluates.

The phrase, "the federal spending power," identifies the federal government's ability to spend in areas beyond its constitutional authority to legislate—a power that has supported the development of a national system of universal healthcare coverage in Canada. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, this power was critical to the expansion of Canada's narrow but deep basket of universally covered services. The challenges exposed by the pandemic mean that still more federal investment will be required. Yet for traditionalists, the material basis of this power is now constrained: the federal government may possess the constitutional authority to invest, but it lacks the fiscal capacity; some form of belt tightening—even austerity—will be necessary. As debates over public spending intensify, health leaders will need to address these questions. Depending on how they do so, health leaders will either support or detract from a healthy recovery.

"Southeast Asia is one of the most diverse regions in the world, hosting a wide range of languages, ethnicities, religions, economies, ecosystems, and political systems. Amidst this diversity however has been a common desire to develop. This provides a uniting theme across landscapes of difference. This Handbook traces the uneven experiences that have accompanied development in Southeast Asia. The region is often considered to be a development success story; however, it is increasingly recognized that growth underpinning this development has been accompanied by patterns of inequality, violence, environmental degradation, and cultural loss. In 30 chapters, written by established and emerging experts of the region, the handbook examines development encounters through four thematic sections: Approaching Southeast Asian Development; Institutions and Economies of Development; People and Development; Environment and Development. The authors draw from national or sub-national case studies to consider regional scale processes of development--tracing the uneven distribution of costs, risks and benefits. Core themes include the ongoing neoliberalisation of development, issues of social and environmental justice, and questions of agency and empowerment"--

"Southeast Asia is one of the most diverse regions in the world, hosting a wide range of languages, ethnicities, religions, economies, ecosystems, and political systems. Amidst this diversity however has been a common desire to develop. This provides a uniting theme across landscapes of difference. This Handbook traces the uneven experiences that have accompanied development in Southeast Asia. The region is often considered to be a development success story; however, it is increasingly recognized that growth underpinning this development has been accompanied by patterns of inequality, violence, environmental degradation, and cultural loss. In 30 chapters, written by established and emerging experts of the region, the handbook examines development encounters through four thematic sections: Approaching Southeast Asian Development; Institutions and Economies of Development; People and Development; Environment and Development. The authors draw from national or sub-national case studies to consider regional scale processes of development--tracing the uneven distribution of costs, risks and benefits. Core themes include the ongoing neoliberalisation of development, issues of social and environmental justice, and questions of agency and empowerment"--

"Cover" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "List of figures" -- "List of tables" -- "Contributors" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Part 1 Approaching Southeast Asian development" -- "1 Approaching Southeast Asian development" -- "2 What is development in Southeast Asia and who benefits? Progress, power and prosperity" -- "3 Neoliberalism in Southeast Asia" -- "4 Aggregate trends, particular stories: tracking and explaining evolving rural livelihoods in Southeast Asia" -- "5 'Nature' embodied, transformed and eradicated in Southeast Asian development" -- "Part 2 Development institutions and economies in Southeast Asia: introduction" -- "6 Neoliberalism and multilateral development organizations in Southeast Asia" -- "7 The International Labour Organization as a development actor in Southeast Asia" -- "8 Justice processes and discourses of post-conflict reconciliation in Southeast Asia: the experiences of Cambodia and Timor-Leste" -- "9 Civil society participation in the reformed ASEAN: reconfiguring development" -- "10 Industrial economies on the edge of Southeast Asian metropoles: from gated to resilient economies" -- "11 Community economies in Southeast Asia: a hidden economic geography" -- "12 Implications of non-OECD aid in Southeast Asia: the Chinese example" -- "13 'Timeless Charm'? Tourism and development in Southeast Asia" -- "Part 3 People and development: introduction" -- "14 Family, migration and the gender politics of care" -- "15 Healthcare entitlements for citizens and trans-border mobile peoples in Southeast Asia" -- "16 Migration, development and remittances" -- "17 Children, youth and development in Southeast Asia" -- "18 Ethnic minorities, indigenous groups and development tensions" -- "19 Globalization, regional integration and disability inclusion: insights from rural Cambodia