A hotter future is already here — and Canada is not ready | CBC News:

A hotter, more dangerous world

Adaptation will
require much greater action from governments — and learning some of the
lessons of the other public health crisis we’ve spent the past year and a
half fighting.

The institute’s report estimates that increased
economic, social and health care costs related to several of the effects
of climate change — ground-level ozone (smog), soaring heat and the
spread of Lyme disease — will amount to billions of dollars by
mid-century, even in a “low-emission” scenario. Damages and costs will
only increase if emissions are not reduced.

But because some
costs are difficult to project, researchers didn’t model all potential
impacts — on mental health, for instance, or the effects of poor air
quality due to wildfires, or weather-related threats to health care
facilities.

A hotter future is already here — and Canada is not ready | CBC News: A hotter, more dangerous worldAdaptation will
require much greater action from governments — and learning some of the
lessons of the other public health crisis we’ve spent the past year and a
half fighting.The institute’s report estimates that increased
economic, social and health care costs related to several of the effects
of climate change — ground-level ozone (smog), soaring heat and the
spread of Lyme disease — will amount to billions of dollars by
mid-century, even in a “low-emission” scenario. Damages and costs will
only increase if emissions are not reduced.But because some
costs are difficult to project, researchers didn’t model all potential
impacts — on mental health, for instance, or the effects of poor air
quality due to wildfires, or weather-related threats to health care
facilities.Read More