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 | Jun 4, 2024 | Get Involved, Human Impacts, Road to Resilience
By Mathew Scammell Most of us in Manitoba know that the climate is changing and that humans are responsible[1]. The scientific evidence supporting the claim that the burning of fossil fuels is to blame has only increased in recent decades. We now find ourselves in...
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 | 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...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | May 10, 2023 | Climate Action Plans, Climate-Resilient Living, Human Impacts, Policy, Road to Resilience
By: Emma Power No further emission increases are tolerable. Any more half-baked measures will half-bake us. Every year in mid-April, Canada publishes its National Inventory Report (NIR). The report outlines the greenhouse gas (GHG) sources and sinks across the...