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

This background paper, published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in January 2015, outlines the framework for public and stakeholder consultations to develop a new provincial climate change and green economy action plan for Manitoba. It reviews the province's emissions profile, previous climate efforts, and potential strategic directions for integrating mitigation and adaptation.

• Manitoba failed to meet its 2012 greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 6 per cent below 1990 levels, although emissions at the end of 2012 were 500 kilotonnes (kt) lower than they were in 2000.
• The agriculture sector is the second-largest contributor to provincial GHG emissions in Manitoba, a proportion that is unique compared to other provinces; in only two other provinces does agriculture exceed 10 per cent of emissions, and in those cases, it remains below 20 per cent.
• Manitoba's electricity generation is approximately 98 per cent clean and renewable. While the province's hydroelectricity exports do not count toward its own GHG targets, they contribute to mitigation in North America by displacing coal and natural gas-fired electricity; in 2012, these exports contributed to 6,300 kt of GHG reductions in other jurisdictions.
• Stakeholder consultations identified several sector-specific opportunities for a green economy: the bioproducts sector can leverage proximity to bioethanol markets and biomass sources; the transportation sector could benefit from removing provincial sales tax from environmental technologies; and the building sector could see the government lead by example through energy retrofits.
• The proposed new climate change plan aims to integrate mitigation and adaptation strategies with a heightened focus on adaptation, specifically seeking to identify co-benefits and avoid negative side effects where the two strategies overlap.
• Extreme weather events pose a significant risk to Canada's built environment and energy infrastructure; insured losses from such events were CAD$1.6 billion in 2011 and rose to CAD$3.2 billion in 2013.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2015). 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-engaging-public.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. 2015. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/tomorrow-now-manitoba-green-plan-consultation-paper-engaging-public.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2015tomorrownow, 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 = {2015}, month = jan, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/tomorrow-now-manitoba-green-plan-consultation-paper-engaging-public.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }