As climate change warms Canada up to three times faster than the rest of the planet, the government has made a plan to keep people and ecosystems safe.

Environment and Climate Change Canada, a federal agency, released its first-ever national climate adaptation strategy last week, along with $1.2 billion to help implement it over the next five years. The 56-page document, which has been in the works since 2020, attempts to create a “shared vision” of Canada’s future under climate change, calling for society-wide collaboration in five priority areas: disaster resilience, health and well-being, nature and biodiversity, infrastructure, and the economy and workers.

“Everyone in Canada is part of the solution, with different roles to play,” the strategy says.

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The document lays out several high-level targets to guide Canada’s ongoing climate adaptation efforts and protect people from increasingly severe heat waves, wildfires, drought, and other disasters. One section, for example, proposes eliminating all deaths from extreme heat by 2040. Another says that all new infrastructure investments should […]