At a press conference on Friday, Paul Lefebvre, parliamentary secretary to the minister of Natural Resources, announced that the Government of Canada would be investing $325,000 in the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) for a “climate change adaptation project for the mining sector.”

According to Government of Canada’s press release, the “Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Best Practices for the Mining Sector” will help develop a set of guidelines for the mining sector centred around climate change and adaptation measures. The project, valued at $650,000, also received support from MAC, Golder Associates and Lorax Environmental Services. MAC CEO Pierre Gratton said that this investment will enable the mining industry to develop “the best practice guidance for our industry to both assess potential future climate changes at mine sites and assess potential impacts of those changes on mine operations and infrastructures.”