Mark Jaccard
Encyclopedia
Dr. Mark Kenneth Jaccard (born April 12, 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a professor of environmental economics
in the School of Resource and Environmental Management (REM) at Simon Fraser University
, Vancouver
, Canada
. Dr. Jaccard develops and applies models that assess sustainability policies for energy and material.
Dr. Jaccard has been a professor at Simon Fraser University since 1986. He served as Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission
(1992 to 1997), on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(1993 to 1996; Nobel Peace Prize in 2007), and on the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (1996 to 2001). Until 2005 Dr. Jaccard taught ecological economics
at REM and he continues to teach courses on energy and materials management, policy and energy and materials systems modeling. Currently, he is a lead author on the Global Energy Assessment (due in 2011), a member of Canada's National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy and a special advisor to the Canadian Council of Chief Executives
. In 2007, he won the SFU President's Award for Media and his book, Sustainable Fossil Fuels, won the Donner Prize
for best policy book in Canada. In 2008 he was named the BC Academic of the Year by the Confederation of University Faculty Associations and in 2009 he was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Jaccard is also responsible for the Canadian Industrial Energy End-use Data and Analysis Centre and is part owner in M.K. Jaccard and Associates Inc., a private consulting group based in Vancouver.
Environmental economics
Environmental economics is a subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues. Quoting from the National Bureau of Economic Research Environmental Economics program:...
in the School of Resource and Environmental Management (REM) at Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
, Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Dr. Jaccard develops and applies models that assess sustainability policies for energy and material.
Dr. Jaccard has been a professor at Simon Fraser University since 1986. He served as Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission
British Columbia Utilities Commission
The British Columbia Utilities Commission is an agency of the government of the Province of British Columbia responsible for regulating rates and standards of service quality. The Commission's primary responsibility is the regulation of British Columbia's natural gas and electricity utilities...
(1992 to 1997), on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...
(1993 to 1996; Nobel Peace Prize in 2007), and on the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (1996 to 2001). Until 2005 Dr. Jaccard taught ecological economics
Ecological economics
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at REM and he continues to teach courses on energy and materials management, policy and energy and materials systems modeling. Currently, he is a lead author on the Global Energy Assessment (due in 2011), a member of Canada's National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy and a special advisor to the Canadian Council of Chief Executives
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
The Canadian Council of Chief Executives is an organization in Canada of chief executive officers of roughly 150 major Canadian corporations. The organization was founded in 1976 as the Business Council on National Issues, but renamed itself in 2001. The council actively comments on public...
. In 2007, he won the SFU President's Award for Media and his book, Sustainable Fossil Fuels, won the Donner Prize
Donner Prize
The Donner Prize is an award given annually by the Donner Canadian Foundation for books considered excellent in regard to the writing of Canadian public policy. The prize was established in 1998. The grand prize is $35,000; short-listed finalists receive $5,000 each...
for best policy book in Canada. In 2008 he was named the BC Academic of the Year by the Confederation of University Faculty Associations and in 2009 he was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Jaccard is also responsible for the Canadian Industrial Energy End-use Data and Analysis Centre and is part owner in M.K. Jaccard and Associates Inc., a private consulting group based in Vancouver.
Education
- Ph.D.: University of GrenobleUniversity of GrenobleUniversity of Grenoble or Grenoble University was a university in Grenoble, France until 1970, when it was split into several different institutions:...
, Department of Economics / Institute of Energy Economics and Policy, 1987.
- Masters of Natural Resources Management: Simon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
, 1983.
- Bachelor of Arts: Simon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
, 1977.
Publications
Recent publications include:- Anticipating public attitudes to underground CO2 storage, 2009. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control.
- Combining stated and revealed choice research to simulate preference dynamics: the case of hybrid-electric vehicles, 2009. Resource and Energy Economics.
- Peak oil and market feedbacks: Chicken Little versus Dr. Pangloss, 2009, in T. Homer-Dixon (ed.) Carbon Shift, Random House.
- Permit sellers, permit buyers: China and Canada’s roles in a global low-carbon society, 2008. Climate Policy.
- The neighbor effect: simulating dynamics in consumer preferences for new vehicle technologies, 2008. Ecological Economics.
- Designing Canada’s Low-Carb Diet: Options for Effective Climate Policy, 2007. C.D. Howe Institute Benefactors’ Lecture.
- Hot Air: Meeting Canada's Climate Change Challenge, 2007. McClelland and Stewart.
- Burning Our Money to Warm the Planet: Canada's Ineffective Climate Policies, 2006. C.D. Howe Commentary.
- Heterogeneous Capital Stocks and Optimal Timing for CO2 Abatement, 2006. Resource and Energy Economics.
- Choice of Environmental Policy in the Presence of Learning by Doing, 2006. Energy Economics.
- Useful Models for Simulating Policies to Induce Technological Change, 2006. Energy Policy.
- Sustainable Fossil Fuels: An Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy, 2005. Cambridge University Press.
- Simulating Policies to Induce Technological Change: The Usefulness of Energy-Economy Models Under Technological and Behavioural Uncertainty, 2005. International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy.
- Canada's Efforts Towards Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction: A Case Study in the Limits of Voluntary Action and Subsidies, 2005. International Journal of Global Energy Issues.
- Policies that Mobilize Producers Toward Sustainability: The Renewable Portfolio Standard and the Vehicle Emission Standard, In G. Toner, Building Canadian Capacity: Sustainable Production and the Knowledge Economy, 2005. UBC Press.
- Energy-Environment Policy Modeling of Endogenous Technological Change with Personal Vehicles: Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Methods, 2004 Ecological Economics.
- If Sustainability is Expensive, What Roles for Business and Government? The Case of Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Canada, 2004 Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis.
- The Renewable Portfolio Standard, 2004 Encyclopedia of Energy.
- The Morning After: Optimal GHG Policies for Canada’s Kyoto Obligation and Beyond, 2004 (Jaccard, Rivers and Horne) CD Howe Institute, 31 p.
- Modeling the Cost of Climate Policy: Distinguishing Between Alternative Cost Definitions and Long-Run Cost Dynamics, 2003 The Energy Journal.
- Methodological Contrasts in Costing GHG Abatement Policies: Optimization and Simulation Modeling of Micro-Economic Effects in Canada, 2003 Jaccard et al.), European Journal of Operations Research.
- The Cost of Climate Policy, 2002 (Jaccard, Nyboer and Sadownik), UBC Press, 240 p. Winner of the Best Policy Book in Canada award of the National Policy Research Initiative, and shortlisted for the Donner award for best policy book in Canada.
- Making Markets Work Better, 2002 (Jaccard and Mao), In Johansson and Goldemberg, Energy for Sustainable Development. United Nations Development Programme, 260 p. (invited book for the World Summit on Sustainable Development).
- Sustainable Energy and Urban Form in China: the Relevance of Community Energy Management, 2001 Energy Policy.