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).
“There’s a lot of things we want to do up here; it’s just a matter of getting the right people in the right places,” says Waylon Mason, St. Theresa Point Anisininew Nation’s Assistant Director of Waste Management and Recycling, “and having good conversations.”
“We’re just a small city trying to do its best.” That’s how Darren Row sums up Miramichi’s efforts to save energy and reduce emissions. As the city’s Director of Engineering, he’s in the thick of those efforts: well aware of the city’s challenges, and focussed on projects that can make the biggest difference.