Northerners join Paris invasion at COP21 forum – Northern Journal

December 14, 2015

There are many ways to handle losing an election, but hopping aboard a plane to attend a large, international forum on climate change is probably one of the less likely coping mechanisms.

This was Herbert Nakimayak’s plan. If he had not been elected as the new MLA of Nunakput his “consolation prize” would have been a trip to Paris, to watch the ongoing discussions at the COP21 forum.

As the vice-president and head of International Affairs for the Canadian chapter of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Nakimayak felt it was important to have northern Indigenous folks attending the talks. After all, climate change already appears to have had an impact in the far north, the Paulatuk resident’s backyard.