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1 “Manitoba Hydro, Climate change report, 2020” Saiful Islam 7908711 University of Manitoba GMGT-1010-A02 28 th February, 2023 Howard R Harmatz Short paper

2 Manitoba Hydro, Climate change report, 2020 Introduction: The climate change report by Manitoba hydro for the year 2020 signifies the importance to reduce carbon emotions and greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning over to renewable energy sources. Manitoba Hydro is a corporation of the province of Manitoba and one of the largest electricity and natural gas providers in Canada. This 2020 climate report contains an extensive overview of projected climate change and its potential effects on Manitoba's weather. This report further demonstrates the need for sustainable energy production in Manitoba, which will reduce emissions from within the province, while maintaining the Paris agreement to reduce overall emissions from the country. Thesis statement: Manitoba hydro is fighting climate change with help of sustainable energy practices that will further decrease the dependence on fossil fuels and other non-renewable energy sources, overall which will have less impact on the environment, through various methods such being improving power grids, utilizing hydroelectricity, replacing older equipment which further decreases the chances of harm to the wildlife and ecosystem in a given area. While mitigating risks to the vulnerable equipment. Anticipated criticism: Renewable energy is an effective way of transitioning away from fossil fuels, Although the idea of reducing the carbon footprint of the province is a goal most would look forward to,

3 unfortunately as this technology is unfeasible for large-scale implementation due to its high infrastructure cost and high costs for research and development to further improve upon the power generated. Other groups of people are concerned about the possible effects on the environment as all of those clean energy ideas are in the early stage of research and development. For example, creating a dam creates a disturbance to water flow which can result in dead rivers and affect us vastly with all lives related to the river, in addition, possible faulty equipment can cause disturbance and disrupt wildlife and the ecosystem of a given area, utilizing wind power such as turbines can cause disturbance in wildlife and it's positing highly dependent on a particular region with strong wind rendering it completely useless in other areas with low wind streams. Solar energy has its fair share of disadvantages as large-scale implementation requires a particular location with abundant sunlight, and creating and dismantling solar panels is an environmental hazard in itself as it requires dangerous materials to construct. Action Plan: Canada signed the Paris agreement alongside other 197 countries, where Canada committed to reduce carbon emissions by at least 30% by 2030 and achieve zero emissions by 2050. Manitoba Hydro is trying to make a way that will make it easier to fulfill the commitment as an important part of society. Manitoba has a green plan that it has already begun to implement this plan states that this province has to be the greenest and most climate-friendly province, this plan includes various methods to reduce your emissions significantly and move away from fossil fuels in favor of biofuels and renewable energy including but not limited to Wind power, solar power and water power

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