The Province of Manitoba is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in promoting actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance the establishment of a new, low-carbon economy. IISD has been active is supporting the province's efforts to develop innovative policy and approaches for meeting the challenge of climate change. For example, IISD participated in and helped coordinate the Manitoba Climate Change Task Force. The Task Force made specific recommendations regarding how the provincial government could act to take advantage of the opportunities resulting from the growing green economy and reduce the potential negative consequences of climate change. Recommendations included in the final report of the Task Force were used by Manitoba when it developed its own climate change action plan in 2002.

IISD's Climate Change and Energy Program continues to work with the provincial government and local organizations to support efforts in Manitoba that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Our past work in Manitoba includes:

• Realizing Opportunities: Emissions trading in Manitoba (2004) (PDF - 1.4 mb)
  IISD serves as the Secretariat for a Manitoba task force on emissions trading and releases a report on how the province can take advantage of economic opportunities.

• Climate Change and the Boreal Forest of East Side Lake Winnipeg (2004) (PDF 131 kb)
  David Runnalls, President of IISD, delivered a speech at the Advisory Committee meeting of the East Side Planning Initiative on February 12, 2004.

• Kyoto Mechanisms and the Manitoba Business Sector (2003) and Agriculture and Carbon Management (2003)
  IISD hosted two workshops that examined the implications and opportunities associated with climate change for the agricultural and business sectors of Manitoba.

• Manitoba Climate Change Task Force (2001)
  IISD worked with the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission to support the activities of the Manitoba Climate Change Task Force. Formed in 2001, the task force examined the environmental challenges and economic opportunities for Manitoba associated with climate change.

• Manitoba and Climate Change: A Primer (2001)
  As well, IISD collaborated with the CEC to develop a booklet entitled Manitoba and Climate Change: A Primer. This booklet provides an introduction to the implications of climate change for Manitoba, and contains analysis of the science and international and Canadian responses to this environmental phenomenon.

Information is also available about IISD's current work in Manitoba related to climate change and energy and across the Institute more broadly.