Impact of pollution and climate change on Canadian society: Report

The International Institute for Sustainable Development issued a report quantifying the impact of pollution and climate change on Canadian society.  Highlights are:

• Urban smog is responsible for 7,712 deaths in 2015.
• Climate change related heat waves cost an estimated $1.6B in 2015.
• The cost of extreme weather events from climate change could not be calculated due to insufficient ability to differentiate those costs from costs that would have occurred without climate change.
• The overall cost of pollution to Canadians is greater than $10B/yr.  Pollutants that could not be measured would likely add another $10B/yr.

The full report and summary report can be found at http://www.iisd.org/library/cost-pollution-canada