Nunavut to release climate-change adaptation plan

The Nunavut government is expected to release its strategy this fall on how it plans to deal with the effects of climate change.

Government officials have been gathering information on a plan for three years, holding workshops in all of the territory's three regions.

They are now distributing a discussion paper to various organizations for feedback.

"So we're letting people, including the [Nunavut government], Inuit organizations and the hamlets in the communities to give us their comments on the discussion paper," said Leanne Pugh, climate change co-ordinator with the Environment Department.

"Once we've collected all of that information, we should have our draft adaptation plan ready in October."

Pugh said the draftwill cover areas such as infrastructure, public health, emergency preparedness, energy and Inuit traditional knowledge.

The communities of Clyde River, Hall Beach and Iqaluit have been working closely with the government on the plan, she added.

The Canadian Institute of Planners, the federal Indian and Northern Affairs Department and Natural Resources Canada are also collaborating on the plan.