In September 2022, only five months after its release, the Strategy received Special Recognition for outstanding community leadership in climate action during the annual Climate & Energy Action Awards presented at the Union of BC Municipalities Convention in Whistler, BC.
This award recognizes the FNLC’s efforts to develop the Strategy and the importance of First Nations’ leadership in addressing climate change. Such leadership means responding to climate change impacts using holistic solutions grounded in First Nations rights, laws, values, worldviews, knowledge and priorities while also responding to the impacts of colonization. This approach is reflected in our Strategy.
“Judges wanted to recognize and highlight the recent initiative by the BC First Nations Leadership Council to establish a first-of-its-kind Climate Strategy and Action Plan by awarding a Special Recognition. The plan outlines a vision, five guiding principles, four priority pathways for climate action, and 20 urgent calls for climate action – all recognizing that Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories are disproportionately affected by climate change.”
Climate & Energy Action Awards
