Starting next year, provinces and territories will need to include climate adaptation in their infrastructure projects in order to get federal funding.
By 2025, provinces and territories will also have to build climate resilience into recovery efforts to get federal help after a disaster.
He said while Canada must do more to slow climate change by cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions, it also must accept that we need to adapt our lives to the changes that have already happened.In 2021, severe weather caused $2.1 billion in insured damages, which does not include costs related to public infrastructure or uninsured private losses.
Before politics, Guilbeault was one of those activists, helping found the Quebec environment group Equiterre in 1993 and later heading up the Quebec chapter of Greenpeace. The strategy was published in draft form last fall but required consultations and buy-in from the provinces and territories before it could be finalized.
By 2026, 80 per cent of health regions must have a plan to protect people from extreme heat, something officials said could include making sure there are adequate cooling centres available during heat waves or programs to help people install or afford air conditioning.
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