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Canada lacks critical data needed to mitigate extreme weather events, says Council of Canadian Academies report

Mark Lowey
January 19, 2022

Canada lacks critical data and the coordinated system needed to prepare for and mitigate extreme weather disasters, including reducing or avoiding costly damages, according to a Council of Canadian Academies report prepared for Public Safety Canada.

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Organizations:	Council of Canadian Academies, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada, Infrastructure Canada, Insurance Institute of Canada, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Johns Hopkins University, and Public Safety Canada
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Topics:	all-hazard risk assessment, Budget 2021, building resilience against disasters, Canadian Disaster Database, climate adaptation, Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, disaster risk reduction, extreme weather disasters, flooding, National Adaptation Strategy, and wildfire

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