Tribe: The Asssembly of First Nations
View Source Document: Climate Change and First Nations: Recommendations for Actions
Year: 2006
Topic: Governance strategies
Resolve land claims and self-government agreements to ensure that First Nations have the authority to design and implement measures to...
Ensure that current or new staff positions in First Nations are not only directed at the administrative discharge of INAC...
Plan for complications involved through loss of reserve land (i.e. through coastal flooding) resulting in : the need to secure...
Review, and develop a strategy to meet needs, in each of the following capacity development areas (from the perspective of...
Improve planning and emergency preparedness for decreases in water quality, changes to water quantity, intrusion of saltwater, storm surges, and...
Improve planning and emergency preparedness for Natural disasters and severe weather events such as droughts and severe floods, ice storms...
Improve planning and emergency preparedness for Waste treatment modifications necessary to accommodate increasing water table levels (septic field, sewage lagoons).
Improve planning and emergency preparedness for Changes in access and transportation routes to First Nations as a result of reduced...
Integrate climate change impacts into comprehensive community planning in First Nations.
Increase reliance on inter-community relationships (i.e. increased trade linkages as a way to more broadly share traditional foods and other...
Develop a First Nation adaptation strategy network that allows First Nations to share and learn from each other related to...
Commence a First Nation rights-focussed dialogue regarding climate change impacts, mitigation needs, and adaptation strategies.
