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Displaying 2 of about 2 resultsCanada, like most countries around the world, is facing growing disaster risks and losses because of climate change. In the last 50 years, its combined losses from extreme weather and related disasters have increased by more than a 1000%. Last year alone, its insurable losses from the impact of extreme weather were around CA$ 3.1 billion dollars. …
This paper by the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group outlines ways of increasing the application of ecosystem-based approaches to DRR. The G20 DRR Working Group aims to integrate risk reduction measures into public and private sector investment decisions and policy making to reduce existing risk, prevent the creation of new risk and, ultima…