B.C. Providing $2.9 Million To Embark On Climate And Disaster Risk-Reduction Projects.

The Province is beefing up supports to improve critical disaster risk response.

It’s providing $2.9 million to four organizations to embark on climate and disaster risk-reduction projects.

“As we mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, we recognize the significant impacts that climate change has had on the people of our province,” said Bowinn Ma, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness.

“These initiatives will amplify our understanding of where our strengths and risks are, enabling us to bolster our collective resiliency to the impacts of climate change. While important progress is being made, we know there is more work to be done and we are committed to continuing the work to keep people and communities safer.”

They are meant to provide evidence and data to help inform policy development and decision-making by governments and organizations to support community resiliency.

The province says climate-related emergencies, such as wildfires, floods, drought, and extreme temperatures disproportionately affect equity-deserving people, including Indigenous people, people with disabilities, seniors and people who are insecurely housed.

The projects will provide information about disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation and how resilience can be further supported in B.C.

The findings will help inform the Province’s disaster and climate risk and resilience assessments, the first of which will evaluate the risks posed on a provincial scale by earthquakes, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, and drought.

Further in-depth regional assessments will begin in 2024.

To learn more, visit Government of British Columbia.