Seton Stiebert is a professionally designated engineer who has worked in the environmental consulting field for the past twelve years. He is currently an associate of EnviroEconomics and Marbek Resource Consultants in Ottawa, and has previously been both a senior engineer and project manager for RWDI Air Inc.
Mr. Stiebert has developed expertise in emission inventories and mitigation strategies, air quality impact assessments and air dispersion modelling, and has been a technical advisor to a number of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. He has also worked on developing and recommending greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies and policies in many different jurisdictions across Canada and internationally.
All Publications
- Emission Omissions: Carbon accounting gaps in the built environment
Report - April 2, 2019
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies are the best tool we have to measure the carbon footprints of building products at each phase of their lifespan, but they have some flaws. - Implementing Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems for Economic Zones in China
Paper - March 7, 2015
China is aggressively pursuing the development of low-carbon economic zones, and while there has been substantial work done to define targets and... - Democratic Republic of Congo: Greenhouse gas emissions baseline projection
Paper - May 9, 2013
Development of greenhouse gas emission baseline projections, or business-as-usual scenarios, are critical for the assessment of nationally... - Republic of Rwanda: Greenhouse gas emissions baseline projection
Paper - May 9, 2013
Development of greenhouse gas emission baseline projections, or business-as-usual scenarios, are critical for the assessment of nationally... - Developing Financeable NAMAs: A Practitioner's Guide
Paper - April 30, 2013
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) are fast becoming the climate finance vehicle of choice to help developing countries transition... - Regulating Carbon in Canada: The impact of the federal government's proposed electricity coal performance standards
Paper - April 16, 2012
Dave Sawyer and Seton Stiebert developed economic modelling of the Canadian government's proposed electricity coal performance standards.They found... - Regulating Carbon Emissions in Canada Offsets and Canada's GHG Regulations: Reducing costs, improving competitiveness and lowering emissions
Paper - December 17, 2011
Dave Sawyer, Seton Stiebert and Dale Beugin undertake a study of how offsets can complement Canada's regulatory approach to greenhouse gas... - Fossil Fuels – At What Cost? Government support for upstream oil activities in three Canadian provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador
Paper - November 2, 2010
Global Subsidy Initiative's second report in the series "Fossil Fuels - At What Cost?" uses an internationally agreed definition of subsidy adopted...

