Close to home: How to build more housing in a changing climate
Speaker(s)
Close to home: How to build more housing in a changing climate
In Canada, the race to build housing faces an urgent reality: floods and wildfires increasingly threaten communities. This presentation outlines the results of the Close to Home study by the Canadian Climate Institute, which shows how better land-use planning can avoid billions of dollars in damages to new housing and improve their climate resilience.
Learning objectives
Understand the extent of climate risk for current and future housing in Canada.
Identify gaps in land-use policies that encourage construction in risk zones.
Explore concrete solutions for building safely without slowing down housing supply.
Speaker
Ryan Ness Director of Adaptation Research, Canadian Climate Institute
Ryan Ness has over 20 years of experience in climate change adaptation, environmental management, and strategy development. He previously led adaptation programs and organizational strategy at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, where he also managed the Ontario Climate Consortium Secretariat. Ryan is a professional engineer, holding a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering and a master's degree in water resources engineering from the University of Guelph. He is currently completing a PhD at the University of Waterloo in the Faculty of Environment.
