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Home / True North: Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Northern Canada – Table of Contents

True North: Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Northern Canada – Table of Contents

True North: Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Northern Canada

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True North: Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Northern Canada

Table of Contents

1.0 Adaptation and Climate Change

1.1 Making Adaptation the Issue 1.2 The NRTEE’s Program on Climate Change Adaptation Policy 1.3 True North Report 

2.0 Canada's North and Climate Change

2.1 A Changing Climate 2.2 Overview of Canada’s North 2.3 Impact Drivers 2.4 Conclusions

3.0 Northern Infrastructure Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change

3.1 Key Attributes of Northern Infrastructure 3.2 Northern Infrastructure Categories 3.3 Assessing Vulnerability of Northern Infrastructure and Communities

4.0 The Role of Governments in Climate Change Adaptation

4.1 Perspectives on Government Roles 4.2 Government Roles in Canada’s North 4.3 Instruments for Infrastructure Adaptation and Current Initiatives

5.0 Risk-based Mechanisms for Climate Change Adaptation

5.1 Definitions 5.2 Codes, Standards, and Related Instruments 5.3 Insurance 5.4 Disaster Management 5.5 Observations and Implications

6.0 Conclusions and Recommendations

6.1 Recommendations

7.0 Appendix

7.1 Acknowledgements 7.2 National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy: About Us 7.3 NRTEE Members 7.4 Federal Commitments to Invest in Northern Infrastructure since 2006 7.5 Stakeholder Participation

8.0 Glossary 9.0 References