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able energy world.”
Another example of a new
strategic partnership in
with Think Renewables,
OSEA will participate in a
Climate Finance Canada by
organizing an event on Cli-
mate Resilience with the in-
surance sector to highlight
leading financial solutions
to address climate change
impacts and showcase best-case practices at
climate adaptation and risk management.
LOOKING FORWARD
OSEA’s role will continue to be building aware-
ness, in advocacy, and increasingly, in finding
cost effective solutions to resolve the issue of
climate change and where possible, to build
community resiliency to adapt to existing
climate change impacts e.g. wildfires,
flooding, etc., that are going on around us.
“We recognize that members (both individu-
als and companies) have choices in their asso-
ciations,” concludes Goldberger. “Only OSEA,
though, is completely fuel and technology ag-
nostic, and has a vision of using and support-
ing all known options to enhance community
sustainability. OSEA will also operate in a more
business-oriented fashion to reflect the new
areas in which it feels it needs to focus on.
Only by advocating for this broader “tent vi-
sion”, can Ontario and Canada’s communities
benefit from the collective expertise that re-
sides here. There is no “silver bullet”, no “one
stop” solution. Every form of energy from
hydro to natural gas, that we need to power
our industries, homes and businesses, has an
environmental footprint. Therefore, we must
use our energy more wisely, and fortunately,
there are best case solutions to share.”
OSEA is rooted in community advocacy to
