Nunavut government launches climate change website quiz

You can see how much you know about climate change — and improve your knowledge — on the Nunavut government’s new climate change website.

If you want to better understand climate change, there’s a new website quiz — in Inuktitut, English and French — for you.

The Nunavut Climate Change Centre has launched a new website quiz called Tukisigiaqta to help Nunavummiut understand and prepare for the impacts of climate change.

You can test your knowledge of how climate change is affecting people at home and on the land, and learn how to prepare for climate change.

The website includes Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and information about modern communication devices and technologies which can help Nunavummiut deal with the impacts of climate change, the Government of Nunavut said in a recent announcement.

You can share your stories of travelling on the land. Some stories are already posted, by community, on the website here.

“From the time that I was growing up to now I have been eating caribou. I know what to expect in meat and the health of caribou. Compared to years ago the percentage of caribou caught is more often unhealthy. In many ways, sores on their limbs, usually identifiable sicknesses — pus on the limbs or sores on the joints. [This] seems to occur more now then in the past,” says Jacob Ikinilik of Baker Lake on the website.

The three territorial premiers, including Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna had a lot to say about climate change following their annual meeting last week in Yukon.

The repeated their opposition to a carbon tax but said they will co-operate with Ottawa in finding ways to help the North adapt to climate change.

“Canada’s climate change goals must be conducted in a way that does not negatively impact northern costs of living, undermine food security or threaten emerging economies,” the three premiers said.

They also said climate change is “already occurring, requiring adaptation measures that increase the cost of living.”

You can find the website here.