Indigenous‑led renewable energy projects offer benefits that reach far beyond reducing carbon emissions

Indigenous‑led renewable energy projects offer benefits that reach far beyond reducing carbon emissions

The number of renewable energy projects that are fully or partly Indigenous-owned is growing quickly in Canada, and our new research suggests that their benefits reach far beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Indigenous-led renewable energy projects offer benefits that reach far beyond reducing carbon emissions

The number of renewable energy projects that are fully or partly Indigenous-owned is growing quickly in Canada, and our new research suggests that their benefits reach far beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The number of such projects on traditional Indigenous territories and reserve lands jumped by more than 300 per cent between 2009 and 2020. Nearly one-fifth of the country’s electricity-generating infrastructure involved First Nations,…

Indigenous‑led renewable projects offer benefits that reach far beyond reducing carbon emissions - PVBuzzMedia

The Indigenous-led approaches studied provide a vehicle to support Indigenous communities and make progress toward the province’s decarbonization goals. The post Indigenous‑led renewable projects offer benefits that reach far beyond reducing carbon emissions appeared first on PVBuzzMedia.