Adaptation to climate change should be a non-partisan priority

Climate change is now upon us. We need to prepare for the inevitable consequences of our failure to head off the crisis.

While we can debate emission reduction strategies, there's no avoiding the reality that climate change is having a costly impact of households and businesses, one that will only increase over time, writes Shawn McCarthy.Photograph courtesy Marc-André Leclerc, DND Canada

Opinion

BY SHAWN MCCARTHY

October 7, 2024

It was a summer of weather-related losses in Canada. And it’s clear that we need to better prepare for inevitable record-breaking seasons of catastrophic fires and floods in the future.

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