Firelight Report 2022

The document highlights how permafrost thaw and extreme weather are damaging critical infrastructure in Northern Canada, including runways, homes, and winter roads. It advocates for transformative adaptation and funding to redesign airports, buildings, and transport systems to ensure the reliable delivery of health services and food security.

• Climate change and permafrost thaw are causing significant structural damage to Northern infrastructure, including warping and cracking runways, shifting homes and buildings, and the collapse of permanent roads.
• Winter roads are becoming increasingly unreliable, with over 50% potentially becoming unusable within the next 30 years due to warming temperatures.
• Infrastructure failure creates cascading impacts on food security, affecting the cost and availability of store-bought food and the accessibility of country food, such as meat, fish, and berries.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2022). Firelight Report 2022. https://climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Transformative-adaptation-due-north-EN.pdf

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. Firelight Report 2022. 2022. https://climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Transformative-adaptation-due-north-EN.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{canadianclimateinstitute2022firelight, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{Firelight Report 2022}}, institution = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2022}, url = {https://climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Transformative-adaptation-due-north-EN.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }