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Robert Page
Vice-Chair, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, and TransAlta Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy, University of Calgary, Canada
Robert Page, is currently the TransAlta Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability, Energy and Environmental Systems Group, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment, & Economy, University of Calgary, where he is also an Adjunct Professor in the Haskayne School of Business.
From 1997 to January 2007 he was the Vice President Sustainable Development, TransAlta Corporation, Calgary with operations in Canada, US, Mexico, and Australia. Dr Page, led their efforts on climate change, emissions, and sustainable development.
Prior to joining TransAlta in 1997, Dr. Page spent 25 years in consulting, academic teaching and research. Most recently, he was Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary, where he taught in the Environmental Science program
Dr. Page is known nationally and internationally for his work on energy and the environment in areas such as climate change, emissions trading, biodiversity and protected spaces, environmental impact assessment, and policy and regulation.
He is Chair of the Board of Directors of BIOCAP Canada, a national research partnership on biological carbon capture and bio-energy, and a past Chair of the Board of the International Emissions Trading Association (Geneva). Dr. Page also chaired the Banff Bow Valley Study (federal inquiry into the ecological intensity of Banff National Park) and served on the Alberta Special Places 2000 Committee.
Dr. Page's activities have been varied, and have included the Board of Directors of Clean Air Strategic Alliance of Alberta (CASA), the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the Business Environmental Leadership Council, (Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Washington, DC) and the Canadian Water Network. He is also a member of the Environment Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce and the Banff Calgary Board of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.
Dr. Page has served for the Government of Canada in international negotiations on the Conference of the Parties for Kyoto, the NAFTA negotiations, and trade and the environment. He is the author of many articles and several books on energy and the environment, and has been recognized nationally and internationally for his work.
Dr. Page holds an honours Bachelor of Arts degree, a Master of Arts degree from Queen's University and a doctorate (international relations) from Oxford University. He and his wife Jocelyne spend free time roaming the wilds of the Rockies and the Shield Country of Ontario.