COMBLER LE DÉFICIT D’ADAPTATION DU CANADA

The report identifies a significant gap in Canada's climate adaptation efforts, characterized by fragmented governance and insufficient funding. It proposes that a new National Adaptation Strategy must move beyond previous frameworks by establishing risk-based national priorities, concrete short-term implementation plans, coordinated multi-level governance, and a transparent monitoring and evaluation system to ensure accountability and measurable results.

• Canada suffers from an 'adaptation deficit,' meaning it is unprepared for the impacts of a warming and unstable climate, with essential infrastructure, health systems, and emergency resources proving insufficient.
• The economic cost of weather-related disasters in Canada has increased dramatically, with the cost per event rising from an average of 8.3 million dollars in the 1970s to 112 million dollars in the 2010s, representing a 1,250% increase.
• Adaptation funding has been inadequate; between 2017 and 2021, federal funding for adaptation accounted for only 13% of all climate-related spending.
• The report identifies four primary obstacles to Canada's adaptation progress: a lack of clear national objectives and priorities, an absence of concrete implementation measures, decentralized and uncoordinated governance, and a lack of progress tracking and accountability.
• The proposed National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) should follow a two-step implementation approach: first, immediate concrete federal actions for 2023-2025, followed by a comprehensive national adaptation plan finalized by 2024 covering 2025-2030.
• Effective governance for the NAS requires clarifying roles across different levels of government and ensuring the meaningful integration of Indigenous peoples in decision-making, respecting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
• To ensure accountability, the NAS must include a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework that measures both the status of implementation and actual adaptation outcomes using clear targets and indicators.

APA

Ness, R., & Miller, S. (n.d.). COMBLER LE DÉFICIT D’ADAPTATION DU CANADA. Canadian Climate Institute. https://institutclimatique.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Combler-le-deficit-d-adapation-du-canada.pdf

Chicago

Ness, Ryan, and Sarah Miller. COMBLER LE DÉFICIT D’ADAPTATION DU CANADA. Canadian Climate Institute, n.d. https://institutclimatique.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Combler-le-deficit-d-adapation-du-canada.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{nessndcombler, author = {Ness, Ryan and Miller, Sarah}, title = {{COMBLER LE DÉFICIT D’ADAPTATION DU CANADA}}, institution = {Canadian Climate Institute}, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Combler-le-deficit-d-adapation-du-canada.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }