Toward Climate Action in Nogojiwanong | Peterborough – SDG 13 Report

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About this project

In March 2019, Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC), GreenUP, Fleming College, and Trent University hosted a Community Forum called Understanding the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Canada’s Commitment and the Local Connections. Later that year, KWIC applied for Sustainable Development Goals Program Funding, in partnership with GreenUP, to build upon the foundation established at this forum. The grant was awarded in March 2020, which coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. These circumstances created unique challenges, constraints and opportunities for the project, which was reorganized to become fully virtual.

Advancing the 2030 Agenda Peterborough / Nogojiwanong has four main objectives:

1. Raise awareness of and support for the 2030 Agenda;
2. Enhance multi-stakeholder efforts toward the Agenda by building partnerships and bridging efforts across sectors;
3. Ensure that progress on the 2030 Agenda leaves no one behind, including vulnerable and marginalized groups; and,
4. Foster and integrate Indigenous knowledge into approaches and efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda.

Five Action Teams were established to further these objectives in relation to priorities identified at the 2019 forum. Four of the teams focused on specific SDGs: No Poverty (SDG 1), Quality Education (SDG 4), Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6), and Climate Action (SDG 13). The fifth group, called the Indigenous Leadership Action Team (ILAT), guided and supported the work of the other four teams. Each Action Team met remotely three times, and worked toward the results shared at the 2021 Forum and in this report. Each Action Team made remarkable contributions, particularly given the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are extremely grateful for their expertise, experience, and generosity.

The Climate Action (SDG 13) Action Team emerged from a strong interest amongst participants at the 2019 Community Forum in mitigating and building resilience to climate change. Together, the Action Team has imagined ways to build momentum toward SDG 13 while centering Indigenous knowledge and leadership and leaving no one behind. This report introduces Climate Action (SDG 13) to the wider community and summarizes the Action Team’s insights and recommendations.