Preserving New Brunswick’s natural resources and ensuring a healthy environment is critical for today’s residents and future generations. Specific initiatives aimed at protecting clean air and water, advancing sustainability and adapting to environmental challenges will help us enhance our province’s natural beauty and health.
2024 state: 323-322 t CO2e/millions $
2028 goal: 286-253 t CO2e/millions $
2024: 331,000 gigajoules
2028: 500,000 gigajoules
2024 state: 69%
2028 goal: 78%
2028 goal: To be determined
- Update the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to guarantee that everyone in New Brunswick has the right to clean air and water.
- Require that all new schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, and other public buildings have modern air filtration, heating, and cooling systems, following ASHRAE 241. For existing infrastructure, we will add suitable air filtration and cooling units.
- Provide New Brunswick residents 25 per cent off the cost of provincial park passes to encourage exercise and spending time outdoors.
- Work with communities to increase active transportation infrastructure, including walking and cycling trails, to build healthier communities.
- Increase support for home energy retrofits, free heat pump program, and introduce a provincial program for solar retrofits.
- Ensure all government buildings are net zero and that our vehicle fleet, including school buses, are electrified by 2035.
- Increase our conservation lands and waters from 10 per cent to 15 per cent and work with communities, First Nations, and experts to develop a plan to reach 30 per cent.
- Review and update our emergency preparedness plan for dealing with the increasing number of extreme climate change-related weather events.
- Implement a coastal erosion plan to protect communities.
- Investigate alternatives to pesticide and herbicide use and re-evaluate the safety of glyphosate with new and comprehensive data specific to New Brunswick.
- Implement the recommendations of the Legislative Assembly’s all-party Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship to increase restrictions on pesticide and herbicide use, including examining the banning of aerial spraying.