The Saskatchewan Environmental Society released a report Thursday morning titled “Prairie Resilience” Is Not Enough.
The report features several recommendations for the provincial government to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The province previously released their plan “Prairie Resilience” and SES says even though the plan is a step in the right direction, it’s not enough and more needs to be done.
Some of the recommendations include lowering the speed limit on divided highways to 100 km/hr, investing heavily in electricity efficiency and importing more hydro power from Manitoba. Peter Prebble from SES says there have been quite a few early warning signs of climate change in Saskatchewan including record high summer temperatures in 2018 and severe flooding. Prebble says these extreme weather events will continue to happen if more isn’t done to reduce emissions.
Prebble adds the province’s plan to reduce emissions,don’t come close to meeting Canada’s targets set out in the Paris Agreement.
SES’s new report says creating financial incentives to encourage people to purchase fuel-efficient vehicles, reducing speeds on divided highways and a province-wide anti-idling campaign would help reduce the province’s emissions even further.
Below is a link to the full report:
