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Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy will be too little, too late without action now

The risk of not acting to limit extreme weather risk, when the answers are in hand, is akin to ignoring holes in the roof when the near-term forecast calls for sunny skies.

As Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault works on the country’s first National Adaptation Strategy, it’s time to set targets for protecting Canadians from extreme heat, floods and wildfires, write Raissa Marks, Blair Feltmate, and Craig Stewart. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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