Zoe Long is a senior researcher and PhD student with the Sustainable Transportation Action Research Team at Simon Fraser University. She has 7 years of experience leading applied research in low-carbon transport solutions, resulting in over 10 peer-reviewed publications. Most recently she has received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recognizing her academic excellence, research potential, and leadership capability. Her research aims to understand how consumers use low-carbon transport technologies and how policy can ensure that these technologies are compatible with climate change goals – with the goal of producing evidence-based policy recommendations for decision makers.
The rising Canadian obsession with SUVs is disrupting our climate goals
Jan 24, 2023 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
When it comes to vehicular popularity, SUVs are winning in Canada. Eighty per cent of new vehicles sold in Canada in 2020 and 2021 were SUVs and pickup trucks. These sales levels were only 55 per cent a decade ago....