Manitoba, Australia join forces on climate change
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | 12:03 PM CT
CBC News
Manitoba and South Australia are joining forces to work together on climate change and water management.
Premier Greg Selinger and South Australian Premier Mike Rann signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday in Copenhagen, Denmark, where both are attending the United Nations conference on climate change.
The MOU provides a general framework to work together and share expertise on things like reducing flood hazards and developing strategies to cope with long-term droughts.
Manitoba and South Australia share a history of collaboration on economic and social priorities and signed an MOU in 2006 to strengthen their respective biological and life sciences sectors.
That partnership led to further collaboration in biotechnology, renewable energy, sustainable development, climate change and aboriginal economic development, according to a news release from the province issued on Tuesday.
"The Province of Manitoba and the State of South Australia have a long-standing, beneficial relationship and this is a further positive step to collaborate as leading sub-national governments on climate change," Selinger stated in the release.
"Collaboration of states and regions across the world is a critical part of the global effort to speed a transition to a low-carbon future," added Rann.
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