TomorrowNow— Manitoba’s Green Plan: Toward a New Provincial Climate Change and Green Economy Plan Consultations Background Paper

The document outlines the current state of greenhouse gas emissions in Manitoba, highlighting that the transportation and agriculture sectors are the largest contributors. It reviews previous efforts, such as the Beyond Kyoto plan, and examines climate policies in other jurisdictions like Quebec, British Columbia, and Sweden to inform a new provincial strategy. The paper emphasizes the need to integrate adaptation and mitigation, particularly for the vulnerable agriculture and water sectors, and proposes a set of guiding principles for the new plan. It concludes with a questionnaire designed to gather stakeholder input on barriers, opportunities, and capacity-building needs for reducing emissions and enhancing resilience in Manitoba.

• Manitoba failed to meet its 2012 target goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 6 per cent below 1990 levels, although emissions at the end of 2012 were 500 kilotonnes lower than in 2000.
• The transportation sector was the largest source of greenhouse gases in Manitoba in 2012, accounting for 38 per cent of total emissions, followed by the agriculture sector.
• Within the agriculture sector's 2012 emissions, agriculture soils were the primary contributor at 63 per cent, followed by enteric fermentation at 25 per cent and manure management at 10 per cent.
• Manitoba's electricity generation is approximately 98 per cent from clean, renewable sources, and its hydroelectricity exports help other jurisdictions reduce emissions by displacing coal and natural gas-fired electricity.
• Extreme weather events have caused significant financial losses in Manitoba and Canada; specifically, the 2011 flood cost Manitoba an estimated $1.2 billion, while insured losses across Canada were CAD$1.6 billion in 2011 and CAD$3.2 billion in 2013.
• The document identifies several potential principles for the new climate plan, including cost-effectiveness, policy coherence, equitable treatment of sectors, and the use of verified emissions data.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2014). TomorrowNow— Manitoba’s Green Plan: Toward a New Provincial Climate Change and Green Economy Plan Consultations Background Paper. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/tomorrow-now-manitoba-green-plan-consultation-paper-agriculture-water.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. TomorrowNow— Manitoba’s Green Plan: Toward a New Provincial Climate Change and Green Economy Plan Consultations Background Paper. 2014. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/tomorrow-now-manitoba-green-plan-consultation-paper-agriculture-water.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2014tomorrownow, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{TomorrowNow— Manitoba’s Green Plan: Toward a New Provincial Climate Change and Green Economy Plan Consultations Background Paper}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2014}, month = jul, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/tomorrow-now-manitoba-green-plan-consultation-paper-agriculture-water.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }