The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP)
is an independent, not-for-profit research and education organization. We are a registered Canadian charity and one of Canada’s top environmental think tanks.
CIELAP meets and correspond with leaders and opinion-makers from the legal, corporate, and academic fields, and from across the wide-spectrum of society, to produce quality research that is objective, practical and solutions-focussed.
CIELAP's mission is to inform legislative, policy and regulatory outcomes for Sustainability at the national and provincial/territorial levels of government in Canada.
What's New
It's our 40th Anniversary on November 4th! Find out the details here!
CIELAP Comments on the proposed amendments to Ontario's environmental approval regime in Bill 68, the Open for Business Act, 2010
July 30th, 2010
CIELAP Comments on the draft Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
July 12th, 2010
Media Release – Metcalf Food Solutions Reports Released: New solutions to fix our broken food system
June 15th, 2010
Media Release – Environmental Groups Challenge Ontario Government's Open for Business Act
May 18th, 2010
Media Release – CIELAP Report finds Ontario’s 5 year old Greenbelt strongest in the world
March 1, 2010
CIELAP's 2009 to 2014 Strategic Plan – Now Finalized!
December 2009
Recent Publications
Nurturing Fruit and Vegetable Processing in Ontario
June 2010
Ontario’s Greenbelt in an International Context (2010 update)
March 2010
Input from Canadian NGOs to the Canadian Delegation to the UN CSD 18-19 (Written by Randy Christensen, Ecojustice, edited by Carolyn Webb, CIELAP)
February 2010
Enhancing the Flow of Ecological Goods and Services to Society: Key Principles for the Design of Marginal and Ecologically Significant
Agricultural Land Retirement Programs in Canada
February 2010
Moving Toward a Soft Path Approach? A Case Study of Water Management in Guelph, Ontario
January 2010
Recent Comments on Government Consultations
CIELAP Comments on the draft Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
July 12th, 2010
Comments on the Ontario Electronic Stewardship Review of WEEE Material Flow Arrangements Discussion Documents
May 2010
Comments on Modernizing Environmental Approvals, EBR Registry # 010‐9143
Apr 2010
Comments on From Waste to Worth: The Role of Waste Diversion in the Green Economy, A Minister's Report, EBR Registry # 010-8164
Joint Statement on From Waste to Worth, EBR Registry # 010-8164
Feb 2010
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