ᐅᐊᓐᓇᖅᐸᓯᓐᓂᖅᐹᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᑦᓯᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑑᑉ ᕿᑭᑦᑕᖓᓂ. ᑲᔾᔮᓇᖅᑐᐹᓗᒃ ᐃᓄᖃᓐᖏᑦᑐᒦᑦᑐᖅ, ᐊᕙᓗᔭᐅᒪᔪᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒐᓚ ᓯᑯᒧᑦ.
ᓄᓇᓖᑦ 160-ᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓖᑦ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ, “ᓄᓇ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ”, ᑐᑭᒋᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᐃᑦ ᑕᑉᐹᓂᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓃᓗ ᐃᓐᓈᕈᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ. ᐳᓚᕋᑦᑏᑦ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᓕᐊᖅᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᑲᔾᔮᓇᕐᓂᐊᓗᐊᓂᒃ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᓪᓗ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᓲᑦ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑑᑉ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖓᓄᑦ “ᐃᑦᓴᕐᓂᑕᖅ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᕐᕕᒥᓂᖅ” ᐋᒃᓱᓪ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖓᓂ.
ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐃᑭᐊᖓᓂ ᖁᐊᖑᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᓯᒡᔭ ᓱᕋᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑐᓄᓪᓗ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᖕᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᖁᒃᐸᖕᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖓᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᒥᐅᑕᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓰᓐᓇᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ (NISI−ᒥᒃ), ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ
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The Nunavut Climate Change Partnership (NCCP) was a collaborative partnership between the Government of Nunavut, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, and Natural Reosurces Canada to build capacity for community-level adaptation planning.