Transportation is the backbone of our daily lives, connecting people to their jobs, schools, and essential services. However, it’s also one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.
While the City has worked with the public and stakeholders on climate issues before, this event marked the first time it focused specifically on the non-profit community. And there’s already talk of making it a regular event in the future, with new goals or participants each time.
Without practical frameworks co-developed alongside rural communities, how can policies better accommodate and support the co-creation of just energy transition frameworks that empower communities and drive meaningful action?
“To use a hockey analogy, I guess you could say that MCCAC has been the coach of this process, and QUEST has been the General Manager,” says Ronak Patel, MCCAC’s Program Manager for Capacity Building.
Arcadia and Alnwick, two newly incorporated rural communities in New Brunswick, are at the starting line for taking action on climate change through the development of Community Energy and Emissions Plans (CEEP).