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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Nia Williams

Canada to invest C$1.6 billion in first national climate adaptation strategy

FILE PHOTO: Firefighters battle the Bear Creek fire that sprung up south of the White Rock forest on Westside Rd. near Fintry, Canada, August 24, 2021. Picture taken August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Artur Gajda/File Photo

Canada published its first ever national climate adaptation strategy on Thursday, including C$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) in new federal funding commitments to help protect communities against the increasing impacts of global warming.

Like many countries around the world, Canada is seeing a rise in extreme weather caused by climate change, with average annual losses from disasters forecast to reach C$15.4 billion by 2030, according to the government.

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