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Displaying 15 of about 278 resultsThis report outlines key lessons from the funding call and indicates possible areas for funders and partners to consider as they conduct their own work at the intersection of climate change and health. We know that health is the human face of climate change. Heatwaves, droughts, floods, and other climate events are putting immense pressure on cities, fo…
This study provides novel insights into the occupational health and safety impacts experienced during a historic extreme heat event in Canada. By conducting a systematized review and content analysis of media coverage about the 2021 Heat Dome, the researchers were able to identify the occupations reported to have been impacted by the extreme heat event…
This assessment is the first comprehensive study of current and projected risks from climate change to the health of Canadians since 2008. It addresses the evolving knowledge needs of government decision makers, civil society organizations, and individual Canadians by providing evidence-based and, where possible, quantitative information to help people…
The Yukon River Basin (YRB) is one of the most important river networks shared between Canada and The United States, and is one of the largest river basins in the subarctic region of North America. The Canadian part of the YRB is characterized by steeply sloped, partly glaciated mountain headwaters that generate considerable runoff during melt of glacie…
This report documents both Secwépemc community and provincial government agency experiences of the 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire and the subsequent precedent-setting joint leadership approach to wildfire recovery. The report:
offers an in-depth examination of the drivers for this new approach
identifies ‘lessons learned’ – the successes, str…
Due North, is an assessment of the costs of climate change to infrastructure across all of Northern Canada. Northern Canada faces a double threat of already- inadequate infrastructure in a rapidly warming climate. Northerners currently lack access to safe and reliable infrastructure that people in the rest of Canada take for granted. The warming cl…
Vancouver City Council has adopted a comprehensive climate change adaptation strategy to ensure that Vancouver remains a liveable and resilient city in the face of climate change.
The landmark strategy recommends nine primary actions and over 50 supporting actions that the City of Vancouver can take to incorporate climate change adaptation measures into…
This memorandum of understanding provides for the possibility of mutual assistance among the jurisdictions of Canada and United States entering into this agreement in managing any emergency or disaster when the affected jurisdiction or jurisdictions ask for assistance, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster or civ…
Flooding is a challenge of financial and social concern affecting a growing sector of the Canadian population. Multiple factors affect flood risk, such as a general increase in population density in urban and sub-urban centres, the loss of natural landscape impacting all provinces, growth in the impermeability of primarily city landscapes, all of which…
Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
This report contains the proceedings of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs of the House of Commons of Canada's Parliament. It reports on the efforts of the Committee to study the response to and long-term impacts of wildfires in First Nation communities duri…
Residential basement flooding is on the rise across Canada, due in large part to more frequent and extreme rainfall events. In response, the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo developed the Home Flood Protection Program (HFPP) to help Canadians protect their homes from flooding.
The two primary goals of the HFPP are: (1) to lim…
There has been no similar level of examination regarding how residential basement flooding might impact areas of interest to Life, Health and Disability insurers, such as mental and physical health impacts, and lost time from work. International studies have suggested there may be substantial impacts, but the full extent of these impacts and their finan…
This book provides an overview of OECD countries' efforts to collect information on both the economic impacts of disasters and the level of public resources invested in the management of risk. It is based on the results of an OECD survey, two expert meetings held in 2014 and 2016 as well as complementary research conducted by the OECD Secretariat.
This…
This report presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of the finance provided by the G7 group, as the main causers of climate change and main providers of climate finance, to developing countries for climate change adaptation and to what extent it promotes gender equality. This analysis is based on the over 16,000 projects in the OECD datab…
The purpose of this document is to introduce the Federal Flood Mapping Guidelines Series documents and to provide a framework for how each fits into the overall flood mapping life cycle. Specifically, this document will provide a brief history of past and present flood mapping efforts in Canada, a brief summary of flood mapping roles and responsibilitie…