Islanders are hard at work coming up with innovative ideas to adapt, mitigate and raise awareness about climate change, with help from provincial funding. The Climate Challenge Fund has provided $1 million annually to help organizations develop innovative solutions to address...
Environment, Energy and Climate Action Annual Report 2021-2022
Honourable Steven Myers Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Action 4th Floor Jones PO Box 2000 Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 Dear Minister Myers, I am pleased to have you serve as the Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Action. On April 3, 2023, we were given a...
The Net Zero Advisory Committee is an advisory group with a legislated mandate in Section 8 of the Net Zero Carbon Act (2020) to provide advice based on diverse experience, knowledge, and evidence to the Minister of Environment, Energy, and Climate Action on matters respecting...
Building on the work in the State of the Coast Report, the Canadian Center for Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI has made a number of recommendations for future action and policy direction.
New recommendations on coastal policy will provide a framework for long-term coastal resilience in Prince Edward Island. The Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI provided its Interim Coastal Policy Recommendations Report to government this week. “I...
The Government of Prince Edward Island is working with the UPEI Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation and the UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering to assess Georgetown as PEI's first net zero community. The first step is to understand how Georgetown uses...
The province is working to replant hurricane-damaged forests and expand forested land. $1 million in provincial funding for tree planting will be used to expand the J. Frank Gaudet Tree Nursery and work with community partners and landowners on tree planting. “Prince Edward...
The Government of Prince Edward Island is asking Islanders to provide input on a reliable, affordable, and accountable energy future for the province. The PEI Energy Blueprint Discussion Paper, developed to show the status of energy in PEI, will kick off a public engagement...
A new forestry commission will help review the Island’s forest policy and legislation. “As we work to implement all the recommendations of the emergency forestry task force in the wake of Hurricane Fiona, our new forestry commission will help us with long term planning to...