‘A call to arms:’ swift action needed on rising seas, experts say | CTV News
HALIFAX – Worrying figures released this week on the rising seas in
Atlantic Canada should prompt governments and citizens to move more
swiftly to protect coastal buildings and vital transport links, say
flooding experts.
Atlantic Canada should prompt governments and citizens to move more
swiftly to protect coastal buildings and vital transport links, say
flooding experts.
Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the
University of Waterloo, said in an interview Friday that projections of
75 centimetres to one metre of relative sea level rise for the East
Coast by the end of the century are “a wake up call and a call to arms.”
He was reacting to Chapter 7 of Canada’s Changing Climate Report, which
includes a survey of federal science on sea level rise under various
emissions scenarios developed by Environment and Climate Change Canada.