Northern communities face one of biggest climate change risks, study says – Nunatsiaq News

8 July, 2019

“The need for action on climate risk is increasingly urgent”

A new report from the Canadian Council of Academies says Canada’s northern communities face one of the biggest risks when it comes to climate change.

The report, released on July 3, listed the top 12 climate change risks, with infrastructure, coastlines and northern communities taking the top three spots.

The council, made up of Canada’s leading academics and researchers, prepared the report for the federal government at the request of the Treasury Board.

Because Canada’s North is experiencing the effects of climate change more rapidly than the rest of the country, the risks associated with climate change are automatically heightened as well, the report says.

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