Canada’s first-ever climate adaptation strategy was little more than six weeks old when fast-moving wildfires swept through communities in British Columbia’s southern Interior, forcing tho...
Figures from the Insurance Bureau of Canada show the costs of catastrophes in Canada have been markedly rising, from an average of $440 million each year between 1983 and 2000 to $2.3 billion annually between 2011 and 2020.
If we took the increase in costs and charged oil and gas companies the difference, we would have funding for the program right there. Right now every company gets to enjoy the profits from ruining our planet, they should also share the expenses from doing so.
Also, this article doesn’t actually talk about what the adaptations are. How do you prevent the lack of snow all winter causing extreme dry conditions during the summer? How do you stop massive floods when the ground is so dry whenever it does rain it all runs off?
If we took the increase in costs and charged oil and gas companies the difference, we would have funding for the program right there. Right now every company gets to enjoy the profits from ruining our planet, they should also share the expenses from doing so.
Also, this article doesn’t actually talk about what the adaptations are. How do you prevent the lack of snow all winter causing extreme dry conditions during the summer? How do you stop massive floods when the ground is so dry whenever it does rain it all runs off?