Climate change: Ontario pledges $13M to help indigenous communities – CBC

Mar 18, 2016

The province is investing $13 million in two initiatives to help indigenous communities address climate change.

Eight million of that funding will help communities switch from diesel to locally-available renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind.

The other $5 million – from the province’s Green Investment Fund – will pay for a partnership between the Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources and the Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation to study the impact of climate change on communities and to help them create plans to deal with those changes.

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