Initiatives
There is plenty of action – and innovation – on the Climate Change front. See for yourself!
Nova Scotia Initiatives
Climate Change Centre. The Climate Change Centre, a division of Clean Nova Scotia, is responsibile for a number of public education and outreach programs in Nova Scotia about climate change and other energy issues. By working with schools, and community, faith, and First Nations groups, among others, the Climate Change Centre is reaching out to people province-wide to help them learn ways to incorporate energy efficiency and climate change initiatives in their everyday lives.
Climate-Smart Program. Climate-Smart is a public/private sector partnership aimed to help municipalities integrate greenhouse gas emission reductions and climate change impact and adaptations into the decision-making process. Climate-Smart will help Halifax Regional Municipality and its partners develop management and planning tools to prepare for climate change impacts. It will help to develop strategies to reduce practices that contribute to global warming.
The Movie Series Education and Outreach Project. The Nova Scotia Department of Energy donated $10,000 to the Ecology Action Centre to fund this educational program dedicated to climate change and energy issues. From October 2006 to Spring 2007, the Ecology Action Centre screened a number of films on climate change and energy issues for community organizations, schools and government departments province-wide. Featured films include the Oscar-winning documentary about global warming: An Inconvenient Truth. Already, over 4,000 people saw the film, through this project alone.
Federal
In October 2006, the Federal Government released a Notice of Intent to regulate air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The Federal Government is now in the process of developing the regulatory framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants in Canada.
On February 12, 2007, the Federal Government announced the Canada ecoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change. The initiative will provide $1.5 billion dollars to provincial governments for projects focusing on clean air and climate change.
British Columbia
- Better Environmentally Sound Transportations website on alternative transportation to reduce greenhouse gases and energy use.
- Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
- The B.C. Climate Exchange
Prairies
- Alberta's Climate Change Central
- The Energy Innovation Network
- The Clean Air Strategic Alliance(CASA) – An incorporated entity responsible for strategic management of air quality in Alberta.
- Saskatchewan Environmental Society
- Climate Change Saskatchewan
- Government of Manitoba
- Climate Change and Manitobans
- Resource Conservation Manitoba
- Prairie Adaptation Network
Ontario
- Ontario Ministry of Environment
- EcoAction
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- Pollution Probe's Clean Air Campaign– The Campaign is the public education component of a comprehensive air program which also includes research on climate change, acid emissions, air toxins and emissions trading.
- Greenest City – Based in Toronto, a non-profit, community-based environmental organization committed to reducing pollution, regenerating urban life, and promoting social equity.
Quebec
- Implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Québec Action Plan (French site only)
Eastern Canada
