By News Room
Jun 3, 2021 | 2:42 PM
The Saskatchewan government is releasing its 2021 climate resilience report, measuring the province’s improvements toward building resilience to a changing global climate.
Prairie Resilience climate change strategy – focuses on improving provincial resilience in five key areas: natural systems, physical infrastructure, economic sustainability, community preparedness and human well-being.
The report provides the current status (good, fair or poor) on 25 measures of resilience, defined as the ability to cope with, adapt to and recover from climate-related stress and change.
“The majority of measures in Saskatchewan’s climate resilience report are in good standing with none in poor standing,” Environment Minister Warren Kaeding said. “Our government is proud of our progress in protecting Saskatchewan people and communities from a changing climate and we will continue to work to identify areas that may require more preparati
In honour of Canadian Environment Week, the Government of Saskatchewan is pleased to release its 2021 climate resilience report, measuring the province s improvements toward building resilience to . . .
Saskatoon / 650 CKOM
Jun 3, 2021 | 12:38 PM
The provincial government is giving itself a good mark on the progress it’s making on its climate change plan.
Saskatchewan’s Climate Resilience Measurement Framework, released in 2018, tracks five key areas: Natural systems, physical infrastructure, economic sustainability, community preparedness and human well-being.
The progress is broken down into 25 resilience measures that are tracked in annual reports, and listed as either good, fair or poor.
The report released Thursday shows 17 of those measures are classified as good and eight are fair. None are listed as poor.
Every measure under the areas of economic sustainability and human well-being are listed as good and have either improved or remained stable from last year.
The report provides the current status (good, fair or poor) on 25 measures of resilience, defined as the ability to cope with, adapt to and recover from climate-related stress and change. The majority of measures in Saskatchewan s climate resilience report are in good standing with none in poor standing, Environment Minister Warren Kaeding said. Our government is proud of our progress in protecting Saskatchewan people and communities from a changing climate and we will continue to work to identify areas that may require more preparation. Examples of specific measures that improved in 2020 include: a four per cent increase in agricultural land area with a 4R nutrient stewardship plan;