News - Climate Change

The Seine Rat Roseau Watershed District in southeast Manitoba is part of a $5.6 million funding program by the province to ensure the health and sustainability of the province’s watersheds for future generations.

The province of Manitoba says it will have the cleanest fuel standards in Canada by increasing the ethanol and biodiesel content of its transportation fuels as it implements its Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan.

The Chief Agricultural Economist with Farm Credit Canada encourages agriculture sector stakeholders to consider climate change as they formulate risk management strategies for 2020.

The Manitoba government is proud to follow through on its commitment to engage the next generation in the collective fight against climate change and has selected nine young Manitobans as members of the new Youth Advisory Council on climate.

The provincial government is calling on Manitoba youth of all walks of life and from all corners of the province to have a seat at the provincial table and join in the critical discussions and decision-making process on addressing climate change.

A recent report from expert Canadian scientists showed that Canada was warming at twice the average global rate. People in Manitoba are feeling the impacts of climate change in their communities.

The Manitoba government is calling on the federal government to respect all Manitobans and the Made-In-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan by not forcing an unwanted new federal carbon tax.

The Manitoba government provided $200,000 to the Prairie Climate Centre to support the continued development of the Climate Atlas of Canada, with a new section devoted to agriculture unveiled to coincide with Earth Day.

The President of Keystone Agriculture Producers is encouraging governments to demonstrate support for action taken by agriculture to address climate change.

Just days before a federally imposed deadline, Manitoba has joined the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.