by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Feb 16, 2023 | Policy, Road to Resilience
The Manitoba Government has announced a new climate target: 5.6 megatonnes (MT) greenhouse gas emissions reduction over the next five years compared to projected emissions for that period. A climate target is more than just a number. It is about vision, leadership,...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Feb 3, 2023 | Policy, Road to Resilience
It is budget time in Manitoba, and budgets are where the pedal hits the metal on climate action. You have the chance to demand the government take more meaningful action on climate now by participating in pre-budget consultations. You can fill out the online budget...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Feb 2, 2023 | Climate Action Plans, Community for Climate, Human Impacts, Policy, Road to Resilience
This post is part three in a three part series written by Emma Power, MEJC and CAT organizer, about Climate Action Plans — Part 3: Climate-Shlimate… make whatever plans you want If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t the sort of person who cringes at any...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Feb 1, 2023 | Climate Action Plans, Community for Climate, Policy, Road to Resilience
This post is part two in a three part series written by Emma Power, MEJC and CAT organizer, about Climate Action Plans — Part 2 – Top-down, Bottom-up, Inside-out and Backwards In my previous blog Climate Action Plans Part 1 – Mitigation, Adaptation...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Feb 1, 2023 | Climate Action Plans, Community for Climate, Human Impacts, Policy, Road to Resilience
This post is part one in a three part series written by Emma Power, MEJC and CAT organizer, about Climate Action Plans — Part 1: Mitigation, Adaptation and Implementation What is a climate action plan and what makes a good one? Depends who you ask. In the past,...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Jan 27, 2023 | Community for Climate, SLFN
By Sean Birkett, Community Building Green Audit Facilitator This post focuses on the Community for Climate Project through the lens of Swan Lake First Nation. For stories about the other communities involved, click here. — Manitoba’s Climate Action Team (CAT)...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Jan 26, 2023 | Policy, Press Release
(Winnipeg, Treaty One): Today’s announcement by Premier Heather Stefanson is playing politics with the affordability crisis and climate action. Household financial challenges are real and serious but are not caused by the carbon tax. The rising fuel costs related to...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Dec 2, 2022 | Policy, Road to Resilience
Written By: Hannah MuhajarineAs published in the Winnipeg Free Press, December 1st, 2022 All governments must heed the dire warnings from United Nations scientists calling for action on climate. The Manitoba government’s Made in Manitoba Climate and Green Plan aims to...
by Alex Deneka | Jul 28, 2022 | Road to Resilience
A Quick Introduction to the Social Cost of Carbon At last, in its most recent review of climate science, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change worked up the courage to say:[1] It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land....
by Alex Deneka | Jul 14, 2022 | Climate-Resilient Living, Human Impacts, In The News
“Cost of living is through the roof, fuel prices are at record highs, we can’t afford carbon taxes!” Quite the contrary. Canada has had a carbon price for a few years now, and it will not (and definitely should not) go anywhere. Pricing carbon pollution is widely...