Manitoba needs climate funding to protect what’s precious. We’re Worth It!
This October, the Province of Manitoba published its “Path to Net-Zero” climate strategy with some good ideas, but no specifics. Now they need to follow through with investments to make the strategy worth it. We can’t afford another plan that sits on the shelf, while Manitobans struggle to pay their bills and worry for their children’s future, still reeling from this summer’s record wildfires.
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The Immense Potential of Wind, Solar, and Storage in Manitoba
The Challenge of Meeting Manitoba’s Growing Electricity Demand
This report argues that there are viable and reliable alternatives to addressing peak demand. Specifically, it describes the benefits of building wind and solar combined with energy storage, especially grid-scale batteries.
Recommendations for a Strong Manitoba Climate Plan and Budget
This briefing provides high-level recommendations for Manitoba’s “Roadmap to Net-Zero” and specific recommendations for low-hanging climate investments in five major sectors: agriculture, transportation, buildings, industry and waste. It identifies existing budget lines or agencies that should receive additional funding in the 2026 provincial budget and in subsequent years.
Manitoba’s
Road to Resilience
Manitoba can meet the goals set out in the IPCC’s 1.5 report. We have a community climate plan to do it.
Manitoba’s Road to Resilience is a series of reports that outline an achievable and concrete pathway to a climate resilient future, while considering human and economic impacts. The series lays out what is needed in order for us to feed, shelter, and transport Manitobans without the use of fossil fuels.
Reports in the series include:
– Volume 1: Community Pathway
– Volume 2: Energy Solutions
– Volume 3: Policy Solutions
Connecting Communities
We’re advocating for improved rural, public transportation in Manitoba
Rural communities in Manitoba face significant transportation challenges, relying heavily on personal vehicles and friends for rides. This hinders medical care, economic growth, and community development. While some municipalities offer handi-van services for seniors and those with mobility needs, other groups, like low-income individuals and youth, often lack support.
Who We Are
Manitoba’s Climate Action Team (CAT) is a coalition of environmental organizations in Manitoba working together to envision, investigate, and promote a road to climate resilience in our province. Member groups came together in late 2017 to independently review and consult with the public over the Province’s recently released Climate and Green Plan. CAT was formed one short year later when the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5 Report was released, stating how fast we need to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent irreversible outcomes. This drove home the need for an intentional, collaborative, and grassroots effort to push toward the future that we want.
A Resilient Future
To achieve a true and adequate resilience, Manitoba needs to focus on feeding ourselves, moving ourselves, and sheltering ourselves without the use of fossil fuels.
Transportation
We need to move all goods and people without gasoline or diesal
Food
We need to feed ourselves locally without fossil fuel fertilizers or diesel for machinery
Shelter
We need to heat all of our buildings (old and new) affordably without natural gas
The work of Manitoba’s Climate Action Team is made possible thanks to funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Winnipeg Foundation, and donors like you!
Our mission is to provide a framework for individuals, organizations, and communities to communicate and collaborate on a non-partisan, specific, and actionable path that will help Manitoba achieve resilience to climate impacts and move swiftly toward a fossil-fuel free future.