It collaborates with partner agencies and individuals to accelerate the uptake and use of weather and climate knowledge to serve the needs of society and the economy. [...] Acknowledgments The Canadian Climate Forum acknowledges and warmly thanks the sponsors of the Symposium, in particular, the Pacifi c Institute for Climate Solutions, the Embassy of France and the Insurance Bureau of Canada. [...] The loss of Arctic sea ice and the reduction of the extent and duration of snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere are reducing the temperature gradient between the pole and the tropics. [...] The effects of more frequent, intense and longer-duration events such as floods and droughts will have increasing impacts on personal safety, property damage, infrastructure renewal, the reliability of transportation and energy distribution, the cost of insurance, public and private liability, mental and physical health and well-being, economic productivity and social and political stability. [...] The Symposium brought together experts from a range of fields, as well as stakeholders, the public and media, to consider the incidence and severity of extreme weather and its impacts on resources and the economy, on the health sector, on built infrastructure and on cities and regions.
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