Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Nunavut

Department of EnvironmentGovernment of Nunavut

Iqaluit February 15th-16th, 2011

Nunavut Climate Change PartnershipATULIQTUQ

• Role of the Department of Environment • Highlights and Products• Reflections • Moving Forward

Overview

DoE’s role in Atuliqtuq• Setting the direction and vision of the

Partnership;• Serving as a link to the communities and

decision makers;• Chairing and facilitating; and• Reaching out – distributing information

DoE’s role continued

Ensuring we are all working towards the goal:

INCREASED ADAPTIVE CAPACITY

Highlights

• Summer students

“Working with the partnership as a summer student enhanced my skill set, opening doors to new career opportunities” (Lee Ann Pugh)

Products

• Changing Times

• Website:www.climatechangenunavut.ca

Reflections

The NCCP provides an excellent example of how scientists, communities, government and planners can work together to increase understanding of climate change impacts and start planning for an uncertain future.

Reflections cont.’dWorking together

Community Feast – Clyde River - 2010

Moving forward• Upagiaqtavut• Changing Times 2:

Permafrost

• Gap analysis/ State-of-knowledge

Pangnirtung, 2008 Pond Inlet, 2010

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