TomorrowNow – Manitoba’s Green Plan: Stakeholder consultations on climate change

This executive summary details stakeholder consultations conducted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) between October 2013 and January 2015 to inform Manitoba's green economy and climate change action plan. The document outlines the province's greenhouse gas emissions profile, presents consensus-based recommendations for governance and energy efficiency, and explores various carbon pricing and environmental fiscal reform options.

• Manitoba's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions profile is distinct due to its reliance on renewable hydro-electricity, with transportation (38.4%) and agriculture (31.3%) together accounting for over two-thirds of the total portfolio. Fossil fuel consumption is responsible for approximately 60 percent of the province's emissions.
• Stakeholders reached consensus on several governance and regulatory recommendations, including the need for science-based policy, the implementation of a sustainability lens in government budgets, and the creation of a civil service group to review regulations that hinder the green or bioeconomy.
• To track progress toward a green economy, 18 indicators were identified across three categories: environmental protection (e.g., GHG emissions, fossil fuel consumption), economic prosperity (e.g., energy intensity of building inventory), and social well-being (e.g., green jobs, Indigenous, Aboriginal and Métis inclusion).
• Recommendations for energy efficiency include increasing access to clean technology for water pumping, expanding the use of bioenergy from biomass species that grow in excess moisture, and establishing government energy procurement targets for renewables.
• There is broad stakeholder support for mandatory GHG reporting at a threshold below the national level, with a majority supporting a 25,000-tonne threshold, provided it remains consistent with other provinces and the federal system.
• Stakeholder views on carbon pricing are divided: civil society generally favors it for emissions reduction and leveling the playing field for clean energy, while industry is more open to it only as an equivalency approach to federal regulation or for developing an offset market.
• The report proposes an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) model for carbon mitigation where covered industry sectors pay a levy managed by a non-profit Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO), which then recycles the funds back to those sectors for lower-carbon activities.
• As part of Environmental Fiscal Reform, the report suggests reforming vehicle registration fees to incentivize the purchase of less emission-intensive vehicles, noting that Manitoba has 3.6 percent of the Canadian population but only 0.8 percent of the country's hybrid and electric vehicles.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2015). TomorrowNow – Manitoba’s Green Plan: Stakeholder consultations on climate change. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/tomorrownow-manitoba-green-plan-stakeholder-consultation-summary.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. TomorrowNow – Manitoba’s Green Plan: Stakeholder consultations on climate change. 2015. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/tomorrownow-manitoba-green-plan-stakeholder-consultation-summary.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2015tomorrownow, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{TomorrowNow – Manitoba’s Green Plan: Stakeholder consultations on climate change}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/tomorrownow-manitoba-green-plan-stakeholder-consultation-summary.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }