Manitoba Wildlands Joins Climate Coalition     06 November 07

WCI logoManitoba Wildlands has joined a group of non-profit, civil society organizations across the western United States and Canadian provinces concerned about global warming. These organizations have come together to provide input and recommendations to signatories to the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) as they develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions program.

The group of non-governmental organizations (NOG) has articulated a set of principles to guide the WCI climate emissions reductions program. The principles include:

    * Preventing dangerous global warming is paramount
    * Permits to emit carbon must be used for public benefit
    * Actual emissions reductions in each jurisdiction
    * Pollution reductions must be verifiable
    * Ensuring fairness and equity
    * Energy policy reform is essential companion of any cap

The NGOs also crafted a set of recommendations pertaining to design of a cap and trade system for WCI signatories. In Canada, letters, along with the principles and matrix have been sent to the two signatory provinces- BC and Manitoba.

View October 19, 2007 letter to British Columbia's Government Climate Change Secretariat (PDF)
View October 31, 2007 letter to Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, Jim Rondeau (PDF)

Source: WCI NGO Coalition

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