Three northern towns in Alberta's Industrial Heartland have partnered to research how climate change affects rural areas through a program called Resilient Rurals . Bruderheim, Gibbons and Lamont, all towns northeast of Edmonton, are involved. Yanch, who is also an outreach and communications specialist for Bruderheim, said the majority of the climate change adaptation work which has already been completed has been centred around cities. 'A more holistic way'The project plans to look at all of the potential impacts of climate change, including aspects which will influence their ability to respond to emergencies: human resources, financial resources, and infrastructure. "Those people are very closely tied to the land … their livelihoods depend on it and I think that they would possibly see the impact of climate change even more than in urban centres."

Source: CBC News February 11, 2020 01:30 UTC