Adapt to warming planet, UN report warns
Last Updated: Thursday, March 29, 2007 | 4:14 PM AT
CBC News

Canada must plan for worsening heat waves, water shortages in the Prairies and flooding in coastal cities like Charlottetown, according to an environmental scientist who has seen the latest UN climate report.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report expected next Friday will say the vulnerability of specific regions will depend on the effectiveness of adaptation strategies, according to Gordon McBean, president of the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences.

"We need a strategy that recognizes that the climate is changing," McBean told CBC News. "We need to have a strategy that rethinks the way we do things."

The report is the second of four the UN-led body will release this year and will focus on the impacts of climate change, the regions that are particularly vulnerable and possible adaptation strategies.

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