Act now on infrastructure climate adaptation to avoid spending billions more down the line: FAO - News Summed Up

Act now on infrastructure climate adaptation to avoid spending billions more down the line: FAO


It's the second time the FAO has estimated climate change impacts on Ontario's bottom line. READ MORE: FAO maps out billions in climate change costs to government buildingsOntario's transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, culverts and rail tracks, have a value of $330 billion, the FAO found. There's no way to avoid climate change altogether — it's already happening, the FAO noted. And the report only looks at the cost of repairing infrastructure — not broad economic disruption from climate change events, Weltman noted. Opposition parties said the report shows the Ford government isn't taking climate change seriously.


Source: CBC News September 22, 2022 19:17 UTC



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