The ICCAP Toolkit was created by the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER) in partnership with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s (CIRNAC) First Nations Adapt program. The ICCAP Toolkit consists of the following 4 key components:
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To learn more about the development and overview of the ICCAP Toolkit, click the photo below
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In guidebook 1, you will learn more about climate change adaptation and why it is important. You will be provided with helpful information for assembling a team to help with the climate change adaptation planning process in your community. Guidebook 1 includes considerations for identifying a project coordinator, tips for meeting with leadership and assembling a working group to guide the project, information and suggestions for involving community members in the process, and examples from other communities that have done similar work. |
In guidebook 2, you will learn more about climate change as well as climate change adaptation (adjusting to existing climate change impacts) versus mitigation (reducing or preventing climate change impacts). Guidebook 2 includes several community stories that illustrate the effects climate change has had an on Indigenous communities across Canada. Lastly, guidebook 2 includes a series of activities to help you engage community members in order to identify local climate change impacts within your own community, so that these can be incorporated into your adaptation plan. |
In guidebook 3, you will explore the concept of community sustainability versus community vulnerability to climate change. You will be guided through a series of brainstorm activities with different community members. The aim of the activities is to develop a community vision, consider ways in which your community is already sustainable, and consider the ways in which your community may be susceptible to climate change impacts. After working through these activities, you will develop different community climate change scenarios to explore what your community might look like if climate adaptations or interventions are implemented versus if they are not. |
In guidebook 4, you will build on the influence diagrams and scenarios that you created in guidebook 3 to identify and list climate change adaptation and coping solutions that are feasible for the community to implement. Once your list of adaptation solutions has been identified, you will work with community members to prioritize the potential solutions and determine which are most urgent or important to focus on implementing first. At the end of this guidebook, you should be ready to turn these prioritized solutions into actions. |
In guidebook 5 you will focus on bringing your priorities into action to adapt to climate change. After working through the information and activities in Guidebooks 1-4 with the Working Group, leadership, Elders, youth and other members of the community, you should have excellent information about the issues facing the community, including a shortlist of priority solutions focused on both climate change adaptation planning, as well as other community development and sustainability needs. Guidebook 5 includes suggestions for taking action to implement these ideas. |
In guidebooks 1-5, you assembled a climate change adaptation planning team, gathered background information and determined adaptation priorities, before working with the community to develop and implement an action plan. Now, in guidebook 6, you will focus on evaluating the success of your climate change adaptation plan and making any adjustments to ensure the plan remains useful for your community both now and into the future. |
In the Annexes you will find a checklist and a information section dedicated to mapping. The checklist may be useful in ensuring the tasks outlined in this guidebook are accomplished. Remember, these guidebooks provide suggestions on how to accomplish tasks but your community may have other methods that work best. The information section on mapping describes options for digital mapping, where to purchase base maps, map scales, and topographic and aerial maps. |
Click the photo below to download the Anishinaabemowin Climate Change Glossary
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Click the photo below to download the Ininímowin Climate Change Glossary
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Click the image below to download the Indigenous Languages Glossary Workbook
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The Climate Change Glossaries and Indigenous Languages Glossary Workbook aim to:
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