San Francisco: Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, said at a conference June 2 in San Francisco that Canada will double its funding for clean energy and clean technology research and development. Funding is to increase from $387 million in 2014-2015 to $775 million by 2020, he said.
Minister Carr made the announcement during the inaugural Mission Innovation Ministerial in San Francisco. The Government of Canada joined Mission Innovation in November 2015 with 20 other nations and the European Union as part of a global effort to accelerate clean energy innovation with the goal of making clean energy widely affordable.
Minister Carr and energy ministers from around the world held the Mission Innovation meeting while gathered for the 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM). At the CEM, Minister Carr outlined several Canadian initiatives addressing climate change, such as government support for schools and hospitals to adopt higher-efficiency lighting, and encouraging the adoption of more climate-friendly cooling products.