Extreme Weather Events Archives | Elizabeth May https://elizabethmaymp.ca/tag/extreme-weather-events/ MP for Saanich and Gulf Islands Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:22:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://elizabethmaymp.ca/wp-content/uploads/cropped-elizabethmay-button-32x32.png Extreme Weather Events Archives | Elizabeth May https://elizabethmaymp.ca/tag/extreme-weather-events/ 32 32 Question No. 382 https://elizabethmaymp.ca/question-no-382/ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:18:08 +0000 http://elizabethmaymp.ca?p=2561 Ms. Elizabeth May: With regard to the current and projected impacts of anthropogenic climatic change and disruption including, but not limited to, increasing water scarcity, forest fire frequency…

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]]> Ms. Elizabeth May: With regard to the current and projected impacts of anthropogenic climatic change and disruption including, but not limited to, increasing water scarcity, forest fire frequency and severity, degradation of permafrost-dependent infrastructure, frequency of extreme weather events including floods and heat waves, sea level rise, and the spread of vector-borne diseases such as Lyme Disease, for each department, what are the detailed current and projected economic costs associated with adapting to the aforementioned effects over the short, medium, and long term?

Hon. Peter Kent: Mr. Speaker, there is no relevant program area within Environment Canada that may be in a position to provide relevant information and/or documents concerning the economic costs associated with anthropogenic climate change impacts.

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