National Adaptation Strategy more crucial than ever as climate risks hit close to home for millions

The Canadian Climate Institute emphasizes that while the federal government's National Adaptation Strategy provides a necessary framework for climate resilience, it requires significantly increased funding, better inter-governmental coordination, and robust accountability mechanisms to be effective.

• The National Adaptation Strategy establishes nationwide priorities and measurable targets to enhance resilience, including mapping high-risk flood zones and integrating climate resilience into professional engineering and urban planning designs.
• Current federal funding of $1.6 billion over several years for new or expanded programs is insufficient because it merely maintains existing funding levels as other programs expire; the author calls for a dramatic scale-up in the 2023 Fall Economic Statement and Budget 2024.
• Effective implementation of the strategy requires coordination across federal departments, provincial and territorial governments, and Indigenous governments, specifically through bilateral action plans and the Indigenous Climate Leadership Agenda.
• The document identifies a need for a more extensive monitoring and evaluation plan than the one currently proposed to ensure accountability and allow for the reconsideration of actions that do not produce the desired effects.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2023). National Adaptation Strategy more crucial than ever as climate risks hit close to home for millions. https://climateinstitute.ca/national-adaptation-strategy-more-crucial-than-ever-as-climate-risks-hit-close-to-home-for-millions/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. National Adaptation Strategy more crucial than ever as climate risks hit close to home for millions. 2023. https://climateinstitute.ca/national-adaptation-strategy-more-crucial-than-ever-as-climate-risks-hit-close-to-home-for-millions/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{canadianclimateinstitute2023national, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{National Adaptation Strategy more crucial than ever as climate risks hit close to home for millions}}, publisher = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {https://climateinstitute.ca/national-adaptation-strategy-more-crucial-than-ever-as-climate-risks-hit-close-to-home-for-millions/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }