Climate change costs growing for B.C. municipalities

Collaboration between communities and all levels of government is key to managing the impacts of climate change as governments grapple with the costs of a warming world.

That was the message Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) delegates heard on Sept. 16 at the annual conference in Vancouver. The UBCM convention, on from Sept. 16-20, sees local politicians gather to discuss a variety of topics: from the toxic overdose crisis to housing and homelessness. 

That message was coupled with the idea that the impacts of climate change are increasing and putting pressure on already limited resources.

What they also heard was that Mother Nature herself cannot be forgotten in the mix, and that the services

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