City receives funding from DIAND for Climate Change Adaptation Planning

Creating a More Resilient Yellowknife: Climate Change Impacts & Municipal Decision Making

January, 2007

The City of Yellowknife is pleased to announce that it has secured $70,000 in funding from the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs to be used toward Climate Change Adaptation Planning.

The City of Yellowknife, with the help of the Pembina Institute, is developing the tools, capacity and decision-making skills necessary to address climate change impacts on our Community. Pro-active consideration of the impact of climate change on infrastructure investment and development decisions is crucial to the development of a resilient community – one that protects the social fabric, economic heart and environmental assets of the Community.

The planning process consists City Council and City staff working side-by-side with key climate change stakeholders from the GNWT, Ecology North and the Dene Nation to discuss past and projected climate patterns specific to the Yellowknife area. Participants use this data to identify how the changing climate has affected the City, as well as to identify potential implications of future changes in the environment. The process will also provide the City with risk assessment tools and will allow it to learn how to integrate these tools into the decision-making process. Upon completion, all information will be compiled into a public report.

Click here for more information about the City of Yellowknife’s Community Energy Plan,  or contact:

Mark Henry,
Energy Coordinator
City of Yellowknife
(867) 920-5697