Unambitious climate adaptation strategy needs clear goals for disaster mitigation, say climate experts, NDP MP

Ottawa released Canada’s first climate adaptation strategy in November, outlining goals relating to disaster resilience, biodiversity, infrastructure and the economy.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said that 'the fight against climate change has reached our doorstep,' in a press release accompanying the release of Canada's National Adaptation Strategy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

December 12, 2022

Greater emphasis on disaster relief to help protect vulnerable communities needs to be a priority in updates to Canada’s national climate adaptation strategy, according to the NDP emergency preparedness critic and climate change advocates.

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