Attack and defense – this is how we need to think about climate action in the 21st century.
For someone like me, who has spent decades fighting to raise awareness and end the pollution that is causing the climate crisis, preparing for the many impacts of climate change is essential.
We can and must reduce carbon pollution and prepare for the impacts of climate change. A national adaptation strategy that involves all Canadians is essential.
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It is this waterfront park, designed to absorb the strong spring floods while disturbing the surrounding neighborhoods and public infrastructures as little as possible.
It is the construction of 21st century homes and infrastructure, designed for new climate extremes.
It is these tree plantations in our cities that reduce the effect of heat waves.
It’s about better sharing real-time weather system data with local public safety officials, city planners and utilities, so they can better prepare for situations, whether it’s waves of heat, floods or forest fires.
It is about reviewing the risk profile of the investments of pension funds, insurance and other financial instruments that help fuel and guide our economy.
All of these adaptations and more are already underway, as the Government of Canada, provinces, territories, municipalities, Indigenous communities, businesses and Canadians do what humans do best: adapt.
Next week, we will launch a national conversation on Canada’s first-ever national adaptation strategy. We want to drive our collective ambition and focus our attention on measurable results. The aim is to take stock together of the adaptation efforts already underway, to discover successes, weaknesses and blind spots, and to ensure that we are all pushing in the same direction. Our government also worked with experts in the field to obtain input and advice on developing measurable and targeted results.
The goal is to identify the best leverage points to increase investment and collaboration.
This is not only a pragmatic exercise in addressing real-world issues facing all communities across Canada, but also an inspiring call to action to go further and faster in greening the environment. our whole economy.
Today, climate change is no longer a theoretical exercise – something that can be put off until tomorrow. Now is the time to act.
We know that solutions exist. Public works projects are underway across the country, financial institutions and companies are reviewing their investments, technological solutions are ready to be marketed, the restoration of natural environments benefits the climate, biodiversity and local communities. We need to coordinate and implement measures at all levels of government in a way that works for everyone.
Working with provinces and territories, Indigenous groups, private sector stakeholders, and NGOs, we identified five themes to guide the initial development of the strategy, and fleshed out these themes through advisory tables of experts.
We now need the opinion of all Canadians.
Now is the time to work together to build a more resilient Canada.
Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
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