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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 23h

📣Next Week—What does #LNG expansion mean for Canadian households & businesses?

Join experts from @americanprogress.bsky.social, @australiainstitute.org.au, & @pembina.org as they share insights from the U.S. & Australia + how these cases can inform Canadian policy.
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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 2d

With this plan, the provincial government is taking an important step toward a growing low-carbon provincial economy. Now it's time to put it into action.

Read IISD’s full statement: www.iisd.org/articles/sta...
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Manitoba’s Path to Net Zero: A blueprint for a sustainable and secure provincial economy

Manitoba’s Roadmap to Net-Zero, released today, embraces the shift to an innovative, affordable, low-carbon economy with low-cost energy, built through meaningful partnerships with Indigenous Peoples....

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 2d

IISD research has shown that carbon capture & storage is an expensive & unreliable way to reduce emissions.

The province must ensure this technology does not detract from promising investment opportunities & emissions reductions elsewhere.
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Why the Cost of Carbon Capture and Storage Remains Persistently High

New analysis explores if carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an economically viable solution for emissions reduction in Canada’s oil and gas sector.

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 2d

The plan's success hinges on next steps. While attention to buildings & public transit is welcome, the province must commit to detailed implementation plans to maximize benefits.

Policies like support for home retrofits bring us closer to net-zero.
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Manitoba Builds Green

This report investigates the potential to scale up a deep energy retrofit industry in Manitoba to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create good jobs, spur green industrial growth, and improve housing q...

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 2d

With the new Climate Change Committee of Cabinet, the plan creates a path to improve public sustainability, strengthen climate legislation, & support access to net-zero funding.

For workers, it lays out promising strategies for innovation & youth employment programming.
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Manitoba’s Path to Net Zero establishes a framework to build a more ambitious low-carbon provincial economy and support energy affordability for Manitobans. Moving forward, it is imperative for the provincial government to anchor its progress in implementation plans that will translate into results.

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 2d

Yesterday, the Gov't of Manitoba released its #NetZero climate plan.

If done right, it can create an innovative, affordable, low-carbon economy, built through meaningful partnerships with Indigenous Peoples, but its success hinges on what comes next.

Here's a closer look: 🧵1/5

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 2d

The plan's success hinges on next steps. While attention to buildings & public transit is welcome, the province must commit to detailed implementation plans to maximize benefits.

Policies like support for home retrofits bring us closer to net-zero.
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www.iisd.org/publications...

Manitoba Builds Green

This report investigates the potential to scale up a deep energy retrofit industry in Manitoba to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create good jobs, spur green industrial growth, and improve housing q...

www.iisd.org

IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 2d

With the new Climate Change Committee of Cabinet, the plan creates a path to improve public sustainability, strengthen climate legislation, & support access to net-zero funding.

For workers, it lays out promising strategies for innovation & youth employment programming.
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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 5d

"More digging is a poor way to leave a hole."

This is what’s happening as 🍁 builds its low-carbon economy while funding fossil fuels.

It's why 🍁 is overshooting its climate goals, IISD's Nichole Dusyk writes in @nationalobserver.com

Read more: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/o...

Canada’s climate contradictions come with economic risks

Overinvesting in oil and gas is not just a problem for the climate — it also poses serious risks to the Canadian economy.

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 8d

2 yrs after the CETP deadline to end int’l public finance for fossil fuels, 10 of 17 high-income members have aligned their energy finance policies with the pledge.

To build on momentum, major financiers such as 🇯🇵, 🇰🇷, & 🇨🇳 should sign on by COP30.

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 8d

<1/5 of 💰 shifted from fossil fuels under the CETP has been redirected towards clean energy.

Signatories should:
💪 Strengthen finance restrictions
🤝 Commit to a USD 42 bn/yr clean energy finance target by 2026
❌ End domestic finance for fossil fuels

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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 9d

I'm writing today to share some (rare) good climate news!

New research released today by @energy.iisd.org @oilchange.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social shows that members of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership have cut their international public finance for fossil fuels by up to 78%.

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 9d

What comes next?

As the current PM-KUSUM scheme nears its end, PM-KUSUM 2.0 offers an opportunity to strengthen rural livelihoods while advancing India's #CleanEnergyTransition with farmers at the core.

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 9d

To make the next phase of PM-KUSUM more impactful, key discussions focused on:

🔄 Strengthening grid integration & subsidy flows to beneficiaries.
🌾Expanding off-grid pumps applications for wider livelihoods
🔋 Integrating battery storage
🚜 Mainstreaming #Agrivoltaics

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 9d

☀️Shaping the Next Phase of PM-KUSUM — In New Delhi, policy-makers from 20+ states gathered for a stakeholder consultation on the future of the PM-KUSUM scheme.

Insights from these discussions are expected to guide an inclusive, farmer-first PM-KUSUM 2.0.

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 9d

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 9d

Up to 78% of international public fossil fuel finance was slashed by Clean Energy Transition Partnership signatories in 2024 vs pre-CETP levels.

But less than 20% of funds from fossil fuels have been redirected to clean energy.

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@nataliejones.bsky.social | @iisd.org

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 9d

"Investor convictions, as it turns out, aren’t often in the best interests of the planet – at least not in the long run."

Read IISD expert Jessica Kelly's @theglobeandmail.com op-ed on how PM Carney can upgrade his Brexit-era climate finance strategy:

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Carney’s Brexit-era approach to climate finance needs an upgrade

As Prime Minister, Mr. Carney at last has an opportunity to deliver on calls to action he outlined in 2015

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 10d

By the end of 2030, the Gov’ts of Canada & British Columbia will have channelled CAD 3.93 billion to BC #LNG projects.

Yet with 🌎 supply set to outpace demand as soon as next year, LNG expansion risks stranding workers & assets.

New report: www.iisd.org/publications...

IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 15d

“The increase in fossil fuel expansion plans over the last two years is alarming.”

New analysis shows fossil fuel production is projected to be 2x the 1.5°C limit by 2030.

IISD's @olivier-bvk.bsky.social talks the #ProductionGap in
Deccan Herald 👇
www.deccanherald.com/environment/...

Fossil fuel production plans continue to steer world further from Paris Agreement warming limits: report

The report has been brought out by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Climate Analytics, and International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 15d

Billions in public money for LNG projects in Canada are not widely reported.

In a new report @iisd.org outlines the scale of this support, emphasizing
transparency is the first step to reforming fossil fuel subsidies.
Learn more: www.iisd.org/publications...

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 16d

LNG Canada Phase 1 receives CAD 103.35 million in support from the Gov’t of British Columbia each year.

In the face of Phase 2, new @IISD.org research warns of major risks if BC continues to fund #LNG.
Read the report: www.iisd.org/publications...

IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 16d

Electric cooking offers a promising alternative to LPG for 🇮🇳 households. It:

🔻Reduces reliance on imports
📉 Cuts household costs due to higher efficiency & lower electricity tariffs
🤝 Aligns well with India’s clean energy and net-zero goals

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 16d

The 2025 #ProductionGap report warns by 2030, fossil fuel production is projected to be:
⚠️>2x above the 1.5°C temperature limit
⚠️77% above 2°C

To deliver on the Paris Agreement, gov'ts must implement the commitment to transition away from fossil fuels.

Read the report: www.iisd.org/publications...

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IISD Energy @energy.iisd.org · 16d

🚨The #ProductionGap is growing:
2023: +110% more fossil fuel production than needed to maintain the 1.5°C temperature goal
2025: +120%

By 2030, govts plan to produce 500% more coal, 31% more oil, & 92% more gas than 1.5°C pathways allow.

More ➡️ www.iisd.org/publications...
@olivier-bvk.bsky.social

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