Report calls for integrating emissions reduction and climate adaptation practices
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A new Simon Fraser University report calls for governments to combine emission reduction and climate adaptation strategies and outlines best practices to reduce the severity of extreme climate impacts. The report, Low Carbon Resilience: Best Practices for Professionals, authored by SFU`s Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT), is the first to integrate climate mitigation, such as the reduction of carbon emissions-and climate adaptation, addressing ongoing climate changes-into Canadian best practices. The low carbon resilience (LCR) approaches would facilitate resource efficiencies and provide transformative solutions throughout a variety of sectors ranging from transportation,...