b'ENVIRONMENThigher in the Arctic, with particularly devastating impacts for First Nations in Northern Canada. The Chiefs-in-Assembly at their most recent Annual General Assembly (AGA) passed a resolution: Declaring a First Nations Climate Emergency (05/2019). The resolution, among other things, calls on the federal, provincial and territorial governments to take urgent and transformative climate action to reduce emissions in Canada by 60 per cent below 2010 levels by 2030, and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. In the lead-up to the federal election, the AFN, in Honouring Promises: 2019 Federal Election Priorities for First Nations and Canada, identified climate change as the number one priority for all federal parties to consider when running in this election. In addition, Resolution 05/2019 mandates the AFN to develop a First Nations-led climate strategy that seeks to achieve the above emission reductions and simultaneously address income inequality within First Nations as part of the mobilization for a just transition. Central to this approach is the development of a First Nations climate lens through which to capture and examine the myriad effects of climate change on First Nations and to crystallize action.This work has begun at the most recent meeting of the AFNs environmental Chiefs Committeethe Advisory Committee on Climate Action and the Environment (ACE)and will draw on the expertise of Regional Climate Change Coordinators from all 10 AFN regions and our National Climate Change Coordinator. Members of the AFN Executive, including the National Chief, and Environment Portfolio Holder, Regional Chief Kluane Adamek, will take this momentum to the global level at the upcoming 25th session of the Conference 44 The Circle Winter Issue 1 2019'