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Water Transfers: What they are and why they need to be better managed
G7 promise to kill fossil fuel subsidies hangs over Halifax meetings
As climate change warms the oceans and melts polar ice, rising the seas and provoking extreme storms, G7 members have found themselves unable to share basic facts about their promise to kill off government handouts to carbon-polluting industries.
Restoring what we've ruined may be the best defence against climate-change disasters
A new study shows that restoring shorelines, riverbeds and wetlands to what they were before we interfered with them is both cheaper and more beneficial than traditional flood mitigation projects.
Urgent Action on Green Infrastructure Can Reduce Economic Risk
Natural infrastructure—such as wetlands and riverbeds—can help reduce the damage and costs of flooding in Canada, a new study finds.
Estimating Employment Effects of the Circular Economy
Damage and Costs Caused by Flooding in Manitoba Could Be Reduced by Investing in Natural Infrastructure
'Urgent action needed' to preserve wetlands and mitigate flood risk: report
A new report, issued in partnership with the Insurance Bureau of Canada, the Intact Centre and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, indicates restoring ponds and wetlands can be a more cost-friendly and effective way of preventing flooding than man-made alternatives, such as dams or levies.