Northern Climate Policy Manual
Current climate policy, including COVID-19 recovery efforts, are being shaped without comprehensive understanding, consideration, and involvement of youth. Understanding the structures that create policy is the first step for young people to be heard and influence change.
The Northern Climate Policy Manual aims to demystify Territorial and Federal governance structures, providing youth with practical knowledge and tools on how to take climate action at those levels.
The Manual covers a range of topics but is broken down into four key sections:
How are Climate Policy Decisions Made?
The Who, How and What of Climate Policy at the Federal Level
The Who, How and What of Climate Policy at the Territorial Level
Taking it to Government: Climate Action Pathways
Dive Deeper
Story Harvest
Everyone’s pathway is different! Curious what some youth are already doing? Check out stories from Northern youth about their pathways to climate action!
Supplementary Resources
Click the button below to explore legislative action pathways at territorial and federal level:
Click the button below to explore supplementary resources to the Northern Climate Policy Manual
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Partners & Funders
The Manual was developed in partnership with the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation with funding from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. We also are grateful for the support of BYTE Yukon, the Canadian Climate Institute and the Students on Ice Foundation for helping make this project possible through financial and community contributions. We are so grateful for these radical collaborations and the opportunity to put this work into the world.
The graphic design of the manual was done by Sheelah Tolton.
Permission is required to reproduce any part of this publication.
