: An Independent Assessment of the Draft National Adaptation Strategy, points to the effects of climate-fuelled consequences in B.C. that included devastating, deadly wildfires and floods in 2021 that displaced 46,000 people, and an extreme heat episode that killed 619 people.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
The national strategy must better identify top risks and priority actions, and provide more details on how Ottawa and the provinces will work together to implement the strategy, she said. “ are key in terms of what do we want to achieve. And then setting the standard for accountability around did we get to that target,” said Miller.Article content
Canada announced $1.6 billion in spending when the plan was announced, but that funding is spread out over a decade and amounts to a $200 million-a-year increase, which the institute says is far short of what is needed.