Naheed Nenshi is the new Alberta NDP leader. The former Calgary mayor\u2019s record vote total, 86% of nearly 63,000 votes cast, suggests many voters are ready for change. But are they ready for the hard work of changing the provincial economy and its energy systems that is required by the breakneck pace of the global energy transition? Here are three ideas Nenshi and the NDP should consider adopting.<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s begin with the obvious: the energy policies (there are few climate policies to speak of) of Premier Danielle Smith and her UCP government are predicated on a slow energy transition<\/a>. She hews to the OPEC view<\/a> where substantive change doesn\u2019t even begin until well past 2050. Until then, job number one is lowering emissions to make Alberta hydrocarbons more competitive for the Golden Age of Oil and Gas the Premier and the oil and gas industry think is already upon us.<\/span><\/p>\n As I\u2019ve argued many times, the International Energy Agency\u2019s (IEA) rapid transition (announced pledges scenario) appears at this point to be the most likely. But let\u2019s not discount the Rocky Mountain Institute\u2019s very rapid scenario, which lands somewhere between the IEA\u2019s APS (announced policy scenario) and net-zero by 2050 modeling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n