Nunavut not prepared for climate change impacts, auditor general says
Mar 14, 2018 5:47 AM CT | Last Updated: March 14
Nunavut is not prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change and doesn't have a plan to deal with them, according to latest report by Canada's auditor general.
The report, tabled in the Nunavut Legislature on Tuesday, also says the territory has twice come up with climate change mitigation strategies, but never followed through on finalizing action plans to implement them.
"There are a number of challenges that the government faces in addressing climate change, whether that be the need to address immediate priorities, but also human resource capacity challenges within the government. And those make it difficult to sustain effort and attention," Jim McKenzie, the principal director responsible for the audit, told reporters in Iqaluit.
Nunavut isn't alone.
The findings echo the auditor general's reports on the same topic out of the Northwest Territories in October and Yukon in January.
Nunavut not prepared for climate change impacts, auditor general says - North - CBC News
Mar 14, 2018 5:47 AM CT | Last Updated: March 14
Nunavut is not prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change and doesn't have a plan to deal with them, according to latest report by Canada's auditor general.
The report, tabled in the Nunavut Legislature on Tuesday, also says the territory has twice come up with climate change mitigation strategies, but never followed through on finalizing action plans to implement them.
"There are a number of challenges that the government faces in addressing climate change, whether that be the need to address immediate priorities, but also human resource capacity challenges within the government. And those make it difficult to sustain effort and attention," Jim McKenzie, the principal director responsible for the audit, told reporters in Iqaluit.
Nunavut isn't alone.
The findings echo the auditor general's reports on the same topic out of the Northwest Territories in October and Yukon in January.
Nunavut not prepared for climate change impacts, auditor general says - North - CBC News