Tag: Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation
Nature holds the answer to limiting the impact of extreme weather
Wildfires, flooding, and extreme heat – these perils are threatening Canada’s residential housing market, and homeowners, in ways not imagined just a few years ago.
The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo, has...
CSA Group report turns to nature to limit Canada’s costliest climate...
The need to limit flood risk in Canada is urgent, with approximately 1.5 million homes, representing 10 per cent of the Canadian residential housing...
Nature in the balance: but still not on the balance sheet
As Canada prepares to unveil its National Adaptation Strategy at COP27 and to host the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal, nature is still assigned...
Finding a solution for Canada’s growing urban flooding problem
One of the most tangible and costly effects of global climate change is major, often catastrophic, floods. In Canada, where upwards of seven million...
Caroline Metz joins Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation as managing director
Caroline Metz has joined the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation as the new managing director of economics and resiliency.
Metz has over 20 years of...
Calling on “Team Canada” to Prepare for Spring Flooding
Question: What do COVID-19 and spring flooding have in common?
Answer: They both cause hardship and economic instability—if Canadians are not prepared.
While we all...
Canadian Cities Receive C+ Score on Flood Preparedness
Canadian cities received a C+ grade on flood preparedness in a study conducted by the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo.
The study shows...
New National Standards and Guidelines Developed for Increasing Flood Resilience
The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (Intact Centre) at the University of Waterloo and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) have joined forces to...
Report Gives Canada “C” Grade on Flood Preparedness
Canada’s provinces and territories received a grade of C on flood preparedness in a new report.
The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University...
CSA Group and SCC Develop New National Standard for Flood Resilient...
The CSA Group, with the support of the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), has designed a new standard that aims to reduce the impact...
