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Draft Yukon Government Climate Change Action Plan
The Climate Change Action Plan shows us how everything fits together
Let us Know what you think
The draft Yukon Government Climate Change Action Plan is ready for public review and comment. The Government of Yukon has consulted widely and made sure the information received is in the plan. The draft Action Plan includes actions already underway, actions that require us to expand current initiatives, and recommendations for new initiatives. It focuses on priority actions that provide the most benefit to the territory.
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As a government, we can monitor the impacts of climate change and put in place programs to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions or adapt to new challenges. The paper version of the draft Yukon Government Climate Change Action Plan is available from your local Environment Yukon office or the Yukon Government's Main Administration Building in Whitehorse.
| HOW TO PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS | ||
| E-mail: | climatechange@gov.yk.ca | |
| Mail: | Climate Change Coordinator Department of Environment, V-8 Box 2703 Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2C6 |
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| Phone | 633-7971 or 1-800-661-0408 | |
| Fax: | 393-6123 | |
| THE DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS JULY 31ST, 2008 | ||
The Action Plan sets out what the government could or should do to monitor, respond to, and reduce emissions that cause climate change. Public comment on the proposed actions will in turn influence the government's decisions about what should go ahead. The deadline for public comment is July 31st. The final version of the Yukon Government Climate Change Action Plan should be ready this fall.
Relevant Links
Yukon Government Climate Change Strategy (2006) (PDF, 3.2MB)
This outlines how the government will build on existing programs, activities and experience to respond to the impacts of climate change.
A Snapshot: Yukon Government Actions on Climate Change during 2006 & 2007 (2008) (PDF, 329 KB) A summary of all Yukon Government actions in response to climate change during the period of 2006 to 2007.
Yukon Government Energy Strategy (2008) (PDF, 1MB)
Scoping the Government of Yukon Climate Change Action Plan - Workshop Report (2007) (PDF, 9.3MB)Reporting the results of the May 24 and 25, 2007 workshop that brought people from across the Yukon to recommend potential direction and scope to the draft Yukon Government Climate Change Action Plan.
Yukon Youth Outside (the box) (2007) (PDF 490, KB)Reporting the results of the August 29, 2007 workshop that brought 24 Yukoners ages 16 to 27 to Sprucewind Camp at Marsh Lake. The Youth were tasked with the question: What would Youth do, in place of the Yukon Government, if asked to solve Climate Change?
Hard copies of all documents are available upon request