Tag: climate change

Wildfire response and environmental damage persists across Canada

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The 2023 wildfire season in Canada has officially and unfortunately beat previous records in terms of acres impacted. Fires are currently burning in provinces...

Insurance industry urges investments in climate adaptation

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An atmospheric river event that led to significant flooding in parts of Nova Scotia on July 23, 2023, is estimated to have caused over $170 million in insured damage,...

Intact Centre bringing physical climate risk into institutional investing 

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Incorporating physical climate risk into portfolio management – think flooding, wildfire or hurricanes that disrupt business operations for weeks at a time – has...

Feds launch Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy

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Canadians are facing an increasing number of record-breaking climate events, including wildfires, extreme heatwaves, and floods, on top of slow onset climate impacts, such...

Bank of Canada releases first report on climate risks

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The Bank of Canada has released its first annual report outlining the risks that climate change poses to its mandate and operations. The report evaluates...

Ecologists call for action on climate crisis amidst NS wildfires

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As forest fires rage across Nova Scotia, climate campaigners, ecologists and NGOs, including the Plant Based Treaty, are calling for the systemic issues fueling...

How the finance sector can help fight climate change

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Could climate change spending and innovation be the greatest economic opportunity of our times? Funding of climate change mitigation and adaptation activities could, according...

Feeling the heat? Strategic recommendations to combat climate change

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As climate change unfolds before our eyes, we are starting to experience the impacts of extreme weather conditions. Unseasonably hot weather and dry conditions...

New CSA Group report on Canada’s costliest climate impact – flooding

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Developers and contractors across the country are increasingly aware of the critical need to design dwellings to address climate change and limit flood risk....

Examining the ABCs of ESG with the Delphi Group

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More pressure than ever is being put on companies to prioritize their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts, leaving decision-makers and stakeholders with many...