by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Sep 10, 2024 | Green Jobs, Policy, Road to Resilience
By Laura Tyler and Bethany Daman — Manitoba’s buildings have a massive opportunity beneath them — unused renewable energy. Incredibly, the technology exists to extract it via geothermal heating and cooling. Through geothermal systems, building owners and...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | May 18, 2024 | Human Impacts, Policy, Road to Resilience
By Andrea Pelletier and Bethany Daman Emissions data for Manitoba were just released via the National Inventory Report, once again highlighting the reality that our province is falling behind in the global race to net zero. Manitoba and Alberta are the only Canadian...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Mar 11, 2024 | Policy
2024/2025 Budget Recommendations from Manitoba’s Climate Action Team submitted to Finance Minister Adrian Sala and Premier Wab Kinew Dear Premier Kinew and Minister Sala, We’re grateful for the investments you’re making in Manitoba. Your commitments related to...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Feb 22, 2024 | Policy
By: Emma Power We’re smoking twenty packs a day, eating exclusively junk food, and never rising from the couch. It’s fine – the free healthcare system will manage our diabetes, heart disease, and lung cancer later, right? We know our habits are damaging us...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Sep 6, 2023 | Policy, Road to Resilience
By: Mathew Scammell Measuring total emissions without taking into account population is inaccurate There are several ways to measure a society’s contributions to the carbon emissions currently accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere. Misrepresenting the data can cause...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Jul 11, 2023 | Climate-Resilient Living, Human Impacts, Policy, Road to Resilience
In March 2023, Manitoba’s Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Office, Climate Reality, and Manitoba’s Climate Action Team commission a poll through Probe Research in an effort to learn how involved Manitobans think our provincial government should be...