We need to act now to fully fund and implement Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy.

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Lowering Disaster Risk and Building a Climate-Proof Canada: Three Immediate Federal Actions to Protect Canadians by Budget 2026

As Canada undertakes a historic new home-building effort and invests in new infrastructure to create the strongest economy in the G7, it must protect Canadians from increasingly frequent and severe weather events. To do so, the government must make rapid tangible progress in protecting our communities, enhancing economic resilience and reducing disaster risk.

As the federal government moves to implement its mandate and build an economy that works for everyone, Climate Proof Canada has gathered its members’ expertise to develop three priority policy commitments and a set of costed recommendations the federal government should make.

Learn more here about the three immediate actions the federal government can take to protect Canadians.

Coming Soon: Climate Proof Canada’s costed recommendations for the federal government.

2024 National Climate Adaptation Summit Day

In October 2025, Climate Proof Canada hosted its second National Adaptation Summit in Ottawa. Members and supporters of Climate Proof Canada met with cabinet ministers and members of the opposition parties to discuss Climate Proof Canada’s recommendations and urge immediate funding for the government’s National Adaptation Strategy. Climate Proof Canada’s ultimate goal is to help defend Canadians from the increasing risk of frequent and severe climate perils such as wildfires, floods and extreme heat.

In 2024, Climate Proof Canada revised its recommendations for resilience, focusing on the following four areas: 

1. Building resilient infrastructure and communities

2. Enhancing Indigenous resilience

3. Enhancing disaster Resilience

4. Community health and well-being

National Adaptation Strategy

In June 2023, the federal government officially released the country’s first National Adaptation Strategy and the Government of Canada Adaptation Action Plan. Climate Proof Canada welcomes the announcement and celebrates the completion of this world-leading strategy document.

Climate Proof Canada actively supported the development of the National Adaptation Strategy, and advocated for the inclusion of targets to address the growing effects of climate change and build a more disaster-resilient country.

Learn more here.

Federal Budget

In March 2023, the Government of Canada released its 2023 Federal Budget. The budget demonstrated the federal government’s commitment to building on the National Adaptation Strategy with new investments to better protect and inform Canadians at highest risk of flooding and modernize the federal disaster assistance to better adapt to climate change. Learn more here.

 Resources

Lowering Disaster Risk and Building a Climate-Proof Canada: Three Immediate Federal Actions to Protect Canadians by Budget 2026

As the federal government moves to implement its mandate and build an economy that works for everyone, Climate Proof Canada has gathered its members’ expertise to develop three priority policy commitments and a set of costed recommendations the federal government should make.

2024 Federal Budget Submission

This submission outlines Climate Proof Canada’s recommendations for the National Adaptation Strategy Action Plan for the pre-budget consultations in advance of the federal budget.

National Climate Change Adaptation Summit Recommendations - Full Report

This report outlines recommendations from Climate Proof Canada on how the Federal Government can make rapid, tangible progress on implementing Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy.

National Climate Change Adaptation Summit Recommendations - Summary

This infographic includes a summary of the recommendations from Climate Proof Canada on how the Federal Government can make rapid, tangible progress on implementing Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy.

MANAGING FLOODING AND EROSION AT THE WATERSHED-SCALE: GUIDANCE TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENTS USING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS

This paper recommends 1) development of consistent provincial approaches to integrated watershed management, 2) direction of funding for river flood management to high-risk watersheds and 3) routine consideration of nature-based solutions for river flood and erosion management.

CANADIANS WANT GOVERNMENT ACTION ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION

Canadians support climate adaptation and want to see action from governments to protect them from the natural disasters they are already experiencing, according to a poll commissioned by Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC).

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A NATIONAL ADAPTATION STRATEGY: CHECKLIST

This checklist was developed by Climate Proof Canada to help evaluate Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy (NAS). It can be used to assess if the NAS lays out the necessary steps to reduce climate-related risk and protect people in Canada from harm in the face of climate change.

IISD REPORT 

The International Institute for Sustainable Development and Insurance Bureau of Canada partnered on a report called Towards a National Adaptation Strategy for Canada: Key insights from global peers. This report outlines the key issues and considerations that should inform the development of Canada’s first national adaptation strategy.

THE COST OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Insurance Bureau of Canada partnered on a report that demonstrates the urgent need for new investments in local climate adaptation – and the areas where that investment is needed most.

FLOODING IN CANADA 

Insurance Bureau of Canada has extensive resources on flooding in Canada.

CANADIANS WANT GOVERNMENT ACTION ON SEVERE WEATHER

Buildings need to be part of Canada’s climate adaptation strategy

Retrofits play a role in not only decarbonizing buildings, but adapting them for increasingly extreme weather. In order to ensure the climate-resilience of Canada’s privately owned homes and buildings, they need to be explicitly included in the National Adaptation Strategy.