One of the conference presenters, Scott Vaughan — the CEO of the Winnipeg-based International Institute of Sustainable Development — said, "The conference is pulling together all the different moving parts and looking at it and saying what does it all mean? Absolutely, this is the most important energy meeting that has ever been convened in Canada."
In episode four, season two of APTN's Native Planet, Hank Venema talks about why the prairies need to adapt to the onslaught of climate change, and Richard Grosshans explains what will happen to Lake Winnipeg if we don't take action now.
"Ferocious storms, bigger floods, more devastation. Extreme weather events are getting worse. Do towns and cities need better infrastructure to cope?" Anne Hammill joins a roundtable debate.