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Integrating natural assets – such as wetlands, rivers, forests, and coastal dunes – into financial reporting can help Canadian local governments demonstrate effective management of the financially valuable services these assets provide to communities. The purpose of this guide, developed for the Standards Council of Canada, is to help governments include natural asset disclosures in their financial reports, building on existing relevant international and national guidance and standards.
About the Intact Centre
The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (Intact Centre) is an applied research centre with a national focus within the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo. The Intact Centre works with homeowners, communities, governments and businesses to identify, and reduce, the impacts of extreme weather and climate change.
To this end, the centre is an incubator of new adaptation ideas, conducting research, knowledge mobilization and promoting initiatives aimed at de-risking the negative impacts of a changing climate and extreme weather, such as extreme heat, wildfire and flooding.
The establishment of the Intact Centre was made possible through the leadership, vision, and generosity of Intact Financial Corporation, a long-time partner and donor to the University of Waterloo particularly supporting climate adaptation. In November 2015, Intact announced a gift directed in support of the centre’s mission and goals.
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