Visit to Kangerluusuaq

On October 30, 2009, Environment Minister Jim Prentice visited Kangerluusuaq, Greenland.

While there, the Minister met with senior officials from Nunavut and Greenland about the shared polar bear population and took some time to experience Greenland's northern climate. The Minister is focusing on a variety of environmental issues this fall. An upcoming major event is the UNFCCC climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, taking place December 7 - 18, 2009.

Environment Minister Jim Prentice is suited up and ready for the elements in Greenland.

Environment Minister Jim Prentice getting acclimatized in Greenland.

Environment Minister Jim Prentice departs for a meeting with the Nunavut Minister of the Environment and Greenland's Minister of Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture.

Environment Minister Jim Prentice, with Nunavut's Minister of the Environment, Daniel Shewchuk, and Greenland's Minister of Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture, Ane Hansen after signing an agreement among the governments of Canada, Nunavut, and Greenland to ensure the protection of shared polar bear populations. More...

Environment Minister Jim Prentice places Canada at the international crossroads in the lead up to the Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen this December.