Ottawa: Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna announced the launch August 29 of the government’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Results.
The Expert Panel will advise the Government of Canada on measuring progress on adaptation and climate resilience “to better understand how federal, provincial, and territorial adaptation efforts are building Canada's resilience to climate change, for instance, by providing up-to-date information, supporting climate-smart infrastructure, and updating building codes.” The government says the panel will also support the federal government “in better communicating to Canadians how we are preparing for and adapting to the current and future impacts of climate change.”
The Expert Panel will support the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, Canada's plan to meet the government’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, build resilience to the impacts of climate change, and create clean growth and jobs through investments in clean technology, innovation, and infrastructure.
Dr. Blair Feltmate, Head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, will chair the Expert Panel. The panel will also include academic, private sector, government, non-government, and Indigenous representation. The panel will engage with provinces and territories in its work.