Canada launches first-ever climate adaptation strategy

  • 📰 ReutersScience
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 25 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 51%

Energy Energy Headlines News

Energy Energy Latest News,Energy Energy Headlines

Canada launched its first-ever national climate adaptation strategy on Tuesday, aimed at reducing the risk from extreme weather events like floods and wildfires and mitigating slow the impacts of fossil fuel-driven global warming, including melting permafrost.

, with 7.8 million hectares already burned before the hottest months of the summer have even started.

Recent climate disasters include Hurricane Fiona hitting the Atlantic provinces, an "atmospheric river" of rain that produced record-breaking floods in British Columbia and a 2021 heat dome, also in British Columbia, that caused hundreds of deaths. Goals include improving health outcomes, protecting nature and biodiversity and building more resilient infrastructure. In coming months, the federal government will work with provinces and territories to implement key steps.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 559. in ENERGY

Energy Energy Latest News, Energy Energy Headlines