Grants and Contributions:
Provides grant payments to eligible Indigenous governments and First Nations representative organizations in recognition that Indigenous communities face significantly more extreme climate impacts than non-Indigenous communities due to remote locations, vulnerability of communities to climate related emergencies, loss of traditional food sources, and relationships with the land, waters and ice
Meet the Government of Canada's legislative responsibility under the GGPPA to return all carbon pollution pricing proceeds to jurisdictions of origin where the federal fuel charge applies, in accordance with specifications by the Minister of Finance; and Provide support to Indigenous Peoples, who experience disproportionate impacts of climate change, as well as impacts from carbon pollution pricing.