The provincial government is giving $255,000 for 17 community-based climate plan projects in Manitoba.
The City of Dauphin has been awarded $15,000 in funding, which will be allocated toward the development of a climate adaptation plan.
Justin Tokarchuk is the city's information and communications technology manager.
"It feels absolutely amazing," said Tokarchuk. "I'm very excited to be able to work towards climate adaptation in our community."
Climate adaptation refers to the process of adjusting to the current and expected effects of climate change. It involves making changes—both big and small—to reduce the risks and harm caused by climate-related events, such as extreme weather, flooding, droughts, or rising temperatures.
"Examples I've been given are things like flood barriers or looking at the size of our storm water system so that it could contain bigger rain storms that we could get in the future," added Tokarchuk.
The City of Dauphin is also seeking roughly $70,000 from the local leadership for the climate adaptation fund from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
