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#Flooding is a challenge affecting everything from economic security, to drinking water & the pursuit of truth & reconciliation. #Canada must adapt to the urgent risks posed by worsening floods. Luckily, numerous pathways exist for individual #Canadians to engage in #CollectiveActions to protect ourselves & our communities.

#ClimateChange is shifting how water moves through landscapes both in our #communities & around the globe. #Information & #awareness is key in this world of changing conditions. However, a 2022 #audit of #FloodRisk preparedness in #Ontario reported that public awareness of personal flood risk & #liability is poor across the province.

Many Canadians are just one bad storm away from an unmitigated watery #disaster. Floods are the most expensive & most frequent type of #NaturalHazard in Canada. An analysis of #insurance solutions for flood risk found that current residential flood risk in Canada is estimated at $2.9 billion per year.

#NatureBased #CommunityDriven #solutions have huge potential to address gaps in #infrastructure, promote resilience & build #ecological knowledge—often at a much reduced cost than traditional hard solutions like seawalls or embankments.

#GreenInfrastructure can also be highly effective along #watercourses where, once established, vegetation helps to filter surface #pollutants, stabilize #erosion & prevent surges of water from spilling over.

phys.org/news/2024-07-nature-b

Phys.org · How nature-based solutions can promote effective flood managementBy Brendon Samuels

Thousands of trees planted in Devon to improve water quality

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devo

Wonderful initiative, especially using a mix of native species. 🌳 🌳

However, this doesn't offset rogue sewage outfall, nor trees chopped down in towns and cities.

BBC NewsThousands of trees planted in Devon to improve water qualityMore than 40,000 trees are being delivered to 60 farms to reduce run-off into watercourses.