Disasters the result of ‘our actions or inaction,’ Ottawa emergency management conference hears
The Canadian Emergency Preparedness and Climate Adaptation discussed options for future disaster resiliency in Canada as federal MPs probed the response to the Jasper wildfire in committee.
The head of the United Nations agency responsible for disaster risk reduction in the Americas told an Ottawa conference last week that, as climate change creates greater threats, it's time to change the view of disasters as “natural” occurrences.
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