Renewable Regina: Putting Equity into Action

Published by: David Suzuki Foundation and partners
Authored by: Emily Eaton, Simon Enoch
Partners: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, EnviroCollective, Community Engagement and Research Centre, University of Regina

Climate solutions, Cities climate change, decarbonization, Saskatchewan, renewable energy, energy, green and just recovery

According to researchers from the University of Regina and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Regina City Council must focus on equity when implementing the 100% Renewable Regina motion adopted unanimously by council in 2018. This report highlights the voices and perspectives of communities that have experienced marginalization in Regina as well as labour leaders from public and private sector unions. It recommends the city convene two committees to help guide its energy and sustainability framework: an equity committee on sustainability that includes people from marginalized communities and the organizations that serve them, and a just transition committee composed of workers and their representatives from unionized and non-unionized sectors.