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Climate

What 2024’s costly climate disasters mean for home insurance rates in 2025

by Kiera Taylor

OPINION | Rising premiums and shrinking coverage aren’t inevitable—they’re the cost of inaction. Here's what insurance companies and governments should do about

Climate

A clear and overdue path to accounting for natural assets in Canada

by Joanna Eyquem, Peter van Dijk and James K. Stewart

OPINION: In the face of wildfires and floods, more cities are measuring the financial value of natural assets like wetlands and forests.

Climate

To take on floods and droughts, we have to stop fighting water and start embracing it

by Alan Shapiro

OPINION | Municipalities and businesses must work with the water cycle to bring water back into our landscapes, (un)paving the way to

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Water

How letting water be water can lead to better climate resilience

by Erica Gies

After floods, some call for higher levees, but such interventions are failing. Instead of trying to control water, the Slow Water movement

Development near flood-prone zones
Climate Crisis/Winter 2022

Is it time for a ‘planned retreat’ from building near flood plains?

by John Lorinc

Many municipalities have not updated flood maps created in the 1970s in fear that revisions could expose them to liability for damages

Built Environment

Canada's real estate sector needs to own up to climate risks

by Chris Chopik

A week after Hurricane Dorian barrelled toward the east coast of Canada, the full cost of damage to homes and properties up

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How nuclear is preparing for climate change

by John Vidal

This story was originally published in Ensia. The outer defensive wall of what is expected to be the world’s most expensive nuclear

2015 Resilient Cities/Summer 2015

When the flood comes

by Peter Gorrie

Ottawa is most ready, Halifax is most vulnerable in a world where flooding events are expected to become more frequent and intense

Flood Illustration by Julie Flett
Built Environment/Spring 2014

Human impact

by CK Staff

While finding a direct link between climate change and flooding events has proven a complex exercise, a new multi-country study published in the Hydrological

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