MÉTIS VOICES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Throughout 2024 and 2025, the Environment and Climate Change Department (ECC) worked on a Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, engaging with Citizens across Alberta to learn how a changing climate is affecting their well-being and livelihoods. Their discussions were guided by Understanding Climate Change in Our Territory, a report that can be downloaded here.
Interweaving rigorous research and the knowledge they gained from the Assessment, the ECC Department developed Mâmawi Nistam: Ahkamîmowin Iyakohci Siwîpana (Together First: Resilience Through Seasons), a written report and online StoryMap.
As you read Mâmawi Nistam: Ahkamîmowin Iyakohci Siwîpana, take pride in the knowledge our nation holds. Our traditions and perspectives will help us navigate climate change—without leaving anyone behind.
Ready to look at climate change through our own lens?
Visit the StoryMap at storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ or download the report today.
UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE RISK
The need for the Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment was underscored by the pressing environmental changes that we’ve seen year after year: the weather is becoming less predictable, and environmental hazards like wildfires and floods are becoming more common. These changes are impacting Citizens’ ability to get together and be out on the land.
Over 3,600 Citizens contributed to in-person and online Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment sessions, drawing on the knowledge they’d gained from their own experiences and the Understanding Climate Change in Our Territory report.
Participating experts shared what can be expected in the coming decades and how it may impact the places in which you live and play.
During these sessions, Citizens were provided with a space to share:
- What environmental changes they’ve been experiencing
- How environmental changes have affected them and their families
- What they’ve done to adapt to these changes
To support Citizens in better visualizing the changing climate, ECC also developed an interactive climate change map for Citizens to explore.
To watch recordings of the sessions, please click on the videos listed below:
Lower Athabasca and Peace River Territory
AB Climate Risks
Battle River Territory
Lesser Slave Lake Territory
North Saskatchewan River Territory