Tribe: The Asssembly of First Nations
View Source Document: Climate Change and First Nations: Recommendations for Actions
Year: 2006
Topic: Governance strategies
Create a national leadership forum on climate change, where the definition of “leadership” is broad and includes leaders of tomorrow.
Ensure a focus upon clarifying terminology in use regarding climate change (and environmental matters generally) as governance structures integrating climate...
Engage in the development of integrated, comprehensive community plans that assist the community in articulating the vision it has for...
Ensure the prior agreement within the First Nation as to the respective roles of citizens and leadership in terms of...
Develop dispute resolution mechanisms that allow for the consideration of climate change issues.
Provide the required education, information, resources, and people to implement the vision articulated at all levels or scopes of planning.
Develop a national First Nations climate change strategy including an analysis of First Nation considerations in every element of Canada’s...
Develop a First Nations climate change registry for access to climate change information, tools, initiatives, financial and human resources and...
Include in the definition of First Nation ‘governance’ the ability to identify, mitigate, and adapt to the impacts of climate...
Integrate into education-related policy development and educational programs a targeted focus on climate change, for example through the development of...
Ensure that strategic environmental assessment be utilised as a mechanism for First Nation involvement in climate change policy-setting.
Integrate into education-related policy development and educational programs a targeted focus on climate change, for example through the development of...
