BMO Climate Institute - Impacts of a Changing Climate
The BMO Climate Institute has launched a new podcast called Impacts of a Changing Climate which explores the intersection of climate analytics, science, and finance to better understand and manage the risks posed by our changing climate. The first two episodes of this podcast are focused on two important climate risks which align with the objectives of the Canada 1 Water project: flooding and permafrost thaw. By quantifying impacts to hydrologic systems across Canada over the rest of the century, a variety of industries (including real estate, insurance, finance) will be able to identify the economic risks posed by climate change. Canada 1 Water will be an invaluable tool to help organizations across the country adapt to the worsening effects of climate change.
Click the links below to access each episode of the podcast, and stay tuned for more in the series!
Impacts of a Changing Climate Part 1/4 - Climate Change & Flood Risk: Implications for Real Estate Markets
“We're not going backward on climate change. Climate change has happened, is happening, and will continue to happen, and the severity of events will be increasingly challenging going forward,” says Blair Feltmate, Professor and Head of Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at University of Waterloo.
Join George Sutherland, Climate Change and Sustainability Advisor at the BMO's Climate Institute and Blair in part one of our Impacts of a Changing Climate series as they discuss how (and why) flooding has accelerated at an increasing rate, and how it’s become not only an environmental issue, but a pressing economic and humanitarian issue as well.
Impacts of a Changing Climate Part 2/4 - The Risk of Permafrost Thaw on People, Infrastructure & Our Future Climate
"There are huge areas of permafrost that contain a significant amount of organic matter. Now that the climate is warming and impacting permafrost, the problem means that if you're releasing greenhouse gas, you contribute to a warmer atmosphere even more," says Dr. Fabrice Calmels, Permafrost and Geoscience Research Chair at the Yukon University Research Center.
Join George Sutherland, Climate Change and Sustainability Advisor in BMO's Climate Institute, Paul Murchison, Executive Director, Major Transportation Programs at Government of Yukon, and Dr. Fabrice in part two of our Impacts of a Changing Climate series. The three experts discuss the science of how climate change is impacting permafrost, the trends, and risk of permafrost thaw, and how permafrost is fundamentally linked to all of us through environmental systems.