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Manitoba's Road to Resilience Manitoba’s Road to Resilience A COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION PATHWAY TO A FOSSIL FUEL FREE FUTURE Manitoba’s Road to Resilience: A Community Climate Action Pathway to a Fossil Fuel Free Future ISBN: 978-1-77125-537-0 2 Manitoba’s Road to Resilience (2021) Acknowledgements This document was developed by the Climate Action Team (CAT) with input from other subject matter experts and interested members of the public. Manitoba’s Climate Action Team (CAT) is a coalition of Manitoban Financial support environmental organizations working to create a road to resilience in our province. The group came together following Financial assistance for this project was provided by the the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5 Report Winnipeg Foundation. that was released in October 2018. That report made it clear how little time we have to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions. CAT is a collaboration of the following organizations: • Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) • Climate Change Connection (project of MakeWay) • Green Action Centre • Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition • The Wilderness Committee Collaboration Our vision is to build a collaborative and resilient zero-carbon During the development of this document, the fundamental society that operates within the constraints of nature. elements of each of the four technical chapters (Buildings, Transportation, Food & Agriculture, Energy) were presented to Contributors subject matter experts for review and discussion. The Food & Agriculture chapter concepts were also shared at The Future The following people contributed to the development, design, of Feasting Fall Supper event at Red River College in Winnipeg and content of this document: in November 2019. This event included a supper of locally- sourced food, 8 breakout workshops and a panel discussion. • Alex Deneka • Laura Tyler Key concepts of the other three technical chapters were distributed to and discussed with contributions from business, • Bethany Daman • Mark Hudson academic, environmental, and social justice subject matter • Colleen Ans • Michael Bagamery experts. Those discussions were conducted in early to mid- • Curt Hull (Lead author) • Molly McCracken 2020 via Zoom due to COVID-19 restrictions. • David Rourke • Raf Kozak This is the start of what we hope will be an ongoing process. • Eric Reder • Rob Altemeyer We want people to consider these ideas, to discuss them with their communities, to add to them, and to find ways to make • Hannah Muhajarine • Tracy Hucul the ideas become realities. • Jazmin Alfaro Manitoba’s Climate Action Team (CAT) 3 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ..............................................3 Transportation .....................................................17 Contributors .................................................................................3 The Big Picture .......................................................................... 17 Financial support .........................................................................3 Manitoba Climate Pollution from Transportation – Collaboration ...............................................................................3 Historical Overview .............................................................. 17 Challenges ............................................................................ 18 The Pathway ............................................................................... 18 Introduction...........................................................8 Reduce Need for Transportation ........................................ 19 The Need ......................................................................................8 City Planning ..................................................................... 19 Audience .......................................................................................9 Virtual travel ....................................................................... 19 Chapters .......................................................................................9 Electrification ......................................................................... 20 Technical Chapters ..................................................................9 Public Transit .......................................................................... 21 Foundational chapters ............................................................9 Active Transportation ........................................................... 21 Guiding Principles ................................................................... 10 No More Free Parking .......................................................... 22 Introduction endnotes / references ........................................ 10 Carshare / Rideshare ............................................................ 22 Air Travel / Remote Communities ....................................... 22 Buildings .............................................................11 Off-Road Vehicles ................................................................. 22 The Big Picture .......................................................................... 11 Metrics / Key Performance Indicators (KPI) ............................ 23 Challenges ............................................................................. 11 Transportation Bibliography / Endnotes ................................ 23 Climate Pollution from Manitoba Buildings – Historical Overview .............................................................. 12 The Pathway ............................................................................... 12 Food & Agriculture ..............................................24 Energy Need ......................................................................... 12 The Big Picture .......................................................................... 24 City / District Planning / Zoning .......................................... 13 Climate Pollution from Agricultural Operations – Historical Overview .............................................................. 24 Efficiency Manitoba (EM) ..................................................... 13 Soil Carbon Sequestration ................................................... 25 Better Performing Buildings ................................................ 13 Challenges ............................................................................. 25 Fuel Switching ....................................................................... 14 The Pathway ............................................................................... 25 Energy storage ...................................................................... 15 Consumption ......................................................................... 26 Metrics / Key Performance Indicators (KPI) ............................ 15 Rule of Five “N”s ................................................................ 26 Buildings Bibliography / Endnotes ......................................... 16 Price .................................................................................... 26 Less food waste ................................................................. 26 Alternative fertilizers ............................................................. 26 Green Anhydrous .............................................................. 26 Biological Nitrogen ........................................................... 26 Compost ............................................................................ 26 Wastewater treatment ...................................................... 27 Animal manure .................................................................. 27 Production ............................................................................. 27 Organic, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture ......... 27 More table food, Less primary commodities ................. 27 Home & Community gardening & food preservation .....28 Remote Communities & Traditional foods ..................... 28 Alternative fuels for equipment ....................................... 28 Policy & Regulations suggestions ....................................... 28 Metrics / Key Performance Indicators (KPI) ............................ 29 Food & Agriculture Bibliography / Endnotes ........................ 30 4 Manitoba’s Road to Resilience (2021) Energy & Electricity .............................................31 Natural spaces / Wilderness ................................46 The Big Picture .......................................................................... 31 Carbon Cycle and Storage in Nature ..................................... 46 Manitoba Climate Pollution from Electricity – Degraded Nature and Carbon ................................................ 46 Historical Overview .............................................................. 31 The Push for Protected Areas .................................................. 46 Challenges ................................................................................. 32 Indigenous Inclusion and Consent ......................................... 47 More Energy and Power ...................................................... 32 Where’s the Carbon Storage ................................................... 47 The Pathway ............................................................................... 33 The Climate Powerhouse in Manitoba ................................... 47 Limit Natural Gas Distribution ............................................
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