Thank you, Minister.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Through the chair, if we fail to take urgent action to address climate change, there will likely be places on our planet that will be almost impossible to live in. When we think of climate refugees, we often think about hotter countries, but Canada is actually warming at roughly three times the average mean warming rates. Last week, CBC reported that 43% of the people displaced by wildfires globally in 2023 were actually here in Canada. Unfortunately, we may be seeing this trend repeated this year. In total, displacement from floods, storms, wildfires and other weather-related disasters rose to 31.8 million people last year—more than twice as many as those who were displaced by conflict and violence.
What structures are being put in place nationally and internationally to monitor and respond to the anticipated national and global displacement of people?
Minister, it's over to you, please.